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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond: EMRs and physician incomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/letter.htm
1 Jan 2012
Nonspecific symptoms may have a very specific cause
This issue covers topics including management of lupus, the effect of telemedicine on primary care practice, and new approaches to treating Clostridium difficile.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/editors.htm
1 Nov 2014
Editor's Note: Small-practice series highlights day-to-day struggles
Small-practice series highlights day-to-day stuggles.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/two.htm
1 Jun 2008
Continuous glucose monitoring—a good fit for primary care?
Continuous glucose monitoring is a complex task, even for physicians. Internists will have to step in to help endocrinologists manage the rising population of type 1 diabetics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2010
11 myths busted about ICD-10 implementation
Learn more about how the new coding system will play out in your offices, and 11 ways that it won't.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/coding.htm
1 Oct 2013
Big data and the bog of information
Key questions exist to adopting consumer-grade medical devices, such as how to analyze vast quantities of data in a meaningful way.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/big-data-and-the-bog-of-information.htm
1 Sep 2018
Wrestling with wearables that screen for afib
Experts remain uncertain how to judge wearables and smartphone apps' cost-effectiveness, data quality, and clinical implications among pre-symptomatic patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/wrestling-with-wearables-that-screen-for-afib.htm
1 Feb 2020
Major shift in thinking about cognitive impairment
Because neurocognitive decline can have a variety of etiologies, a new definition by the DSM-5 defined mild cognitive impairment as a syndrome, and then drilled down to its etiology.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/major-shift-in-thinking-about-cognitive-impairment.htm
1 Jul 2019
E-consults can empower, burden physicians
E-consults, which have become more common, increase access to subspecialty expertise but can increase stress on primary care clinicians due to the administrative time and clinical effort that they require.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/10/e-consults-can-empower-burden-physicians.htm
1 Oct 2018
Screening for substance use, anxiety gains new significance
This issue also covers the origins of medical eponyms, continuous glucose monitoring in the hospital, and a preview of ACP's virtual Internal Medicine Meeting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/screening-for-substance-use-anxiety-gains-new-significance.htm
1 Mar 2021