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Treat addicted patients for the long-term

Diagnosing addictions are often based on one question. An expert offers advice to make that one question count, and to move from diagnosis to treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/addiction.htm
1 Jun 2009

Excessive consults stem from lack of time for primary care

The pressure to see patients every 15 minutes does not leave much time to work complex diagnoses or manage chronic diseases. And haphazard referrals drive up the cost of care for everyone. Health care reform needs to incentivize quality of care rather than amounts of care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/presidents.htm
1 Oct 2009

Internists must reassume the mantle of the ‘doctor's doctor’

The future of the general medicine specialist is in fact bright, but it will require a significant effort on an individual, professional, and societal level.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/internists-must-reassume-the-mantle-of-the-doctors-doctor.htm
1 Jan 2020

New info on common outpatient infections

Expert offers recommendations on UTIs, sinusitis and MRSA.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/infections.htm
1 Jul 2008

Refine your referrals to physical rehab with thought, timeliness

Internists can vastly improve outcomes for patients by referring more patients to physical rehabilitation earlier, more often, and for more conditions than they might think.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/rehabilitation.htm
1 Apr 2014

Remote monitoring: Out of sight, right in line

Remote monitoring programs help physicians and nurses ensure continuity of care for elderly patients with chronic conditions. The goal is to catch problems early and improve self-management. Another goal: provide physician reimbursement.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/telemedicine.htm
1 Mar 2010

Economic pressures turn art of medicine into rote practice

While much of a clinician's stature among peers depends on encyclopedic understanding of the scientific literature, his or her effectiveness depends largely on well-honed skills of communication and relationship building. Never have such skills been more critical or more challenging than they are today.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2009

New tool for Annual Wellness Visits

The Health Risk Assessment is a winning proposition for practices to incorporate into their workflow to offer patients a personalized preventive plan and specific action steps to take.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/tips.htm
1 May 2012

Working toward health care one step at a time

While the presidential candidates debate different strategies for reforming the ailing U.S. health care system, ACP has been quietly working toward change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/five.htm
1 Mar 2008

Patients, generalists and subspecialists all gain from PCMH

When discussing the PCMH as a model for delivering health care in the U.S. three questions commonly arise.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/president.htm
1 Sep 2008

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