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Online symptom checkers lacked diagnostic and triage accuracy in simulated cases
The symptom checkers varied in provision of appropriate triage advice from 78% to 33%, and varied in accurate diagnosis, with the best sites listing the correct diagnosis first about 50% of the time and the least accurate diagnosing correctly 5% to 20% of the time.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/14/1.htm
14 Jul 2015
Internists don't need to defer treating pain
Pain is one of the most common symptoms seen by primary care physicians, but it can be the most difficult to handle. Chronic pain often requires time-intensive, complex regimens that call for careful management and monitoring, which is not easy to achieve in a busy primary care practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/pain.htm
1 May 2011
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT The 2013 Medicare physician feeschedule rule changes ...
The reporting physician or nonphysician provider may ormay not have an established relationship with the patient. ... CMS will allow TCM billing evenafter two unsuccessful attempts to contact the patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/acpi-201301-coding_t1.pdf
3 Jan 2013