The November/December issue is online and coming to your mailbox

The November/December issue of ACP Internist features the following stories:

Building the medical home starts in school. Four medical schools revamped their residency programs to include concepts of the patient-centered medical home. The changes resulted in better teamwork, better continuity of care, and more intense clinical rotations.

HIV comes of age as disease of mid-to-late life. Protease inhibitors revolutionized management of HIV, morphing it from a death sentence to a chronic, manageable condition. Medical issues have since grown more complex as doctors consider how HIV interacts with aging and how aging interacts with these sometimes toxic drugs used to control the virus.

It's tough to navigate return from cancer care to primary care. An Institute of Medicine report suggests that patients are becoming lost in transitions between oncology and primary care. Educating physicians is a key to overcoming many of the barriers.

These and the next installment of the MKSAP Quiz, on progressive worsening of fatigue and forgetfulness, are now online.