Search results for "Well-Being"
Deciding which advocacy issues are ‘in our lane’
ACP asks four essential questions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/deciding-which-advocacy-issues-are-in-our-lane.htm
1 Oct 2019
Are internists team leaders or orchestra conductors?
Experience gained during residency training alongside so many other specialists and a role as care coordinators makes internal medicine specialists become uniquely qualified to serve as the conductor of this patient care orchestra.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/11/are-internists-team-leaders-or-orchestra-conductors.htm
1 Nov 2019
Understand factors that determine health, how they mix
Myriad aspects of life impact health, and these social determinants include multiple models that include more than the physical body.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/03/understand-factors-that-determine-health-how-they-mix.htm
1 Mar 2019
No easy fix for concussion diagnosis, management
This issue also covers medical school debt trends, changes to hospital payments, and how to construct a patient narrative.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/02/no-easy-fix-for-concussion-diagnosis-management.htm
1 Feb 2019
War dilemmas put medical ethics under fire
Physicians debate challenges posed by war on terror and caring for enemy detainees at Guantanamo.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/ethics.htm
1 Jul 2008
Pioneering internist is still outworking peers at age 80
Edith Irby Jones, MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/thirteen.htm
1 Jun 2008
Preventing burnout is essential medicine for physicians
ACP is working to identify and address the root causes of the problem that most affect the practice of internal medicine and creating a network of support for distressed internists.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/preventing-burnout-is-essential-medicine-for-physicians.htm
1 Jan 2018
Practice uses ACP survey for peer review, quality improvement
True North Health Center in Maine surveyed every patient who came through their doors from March through May last year to let each if its 28 practitioners know outcomes for each provider. Proprietary surveys are expensive, so they turned to ACP's tools. The results helped those performing best to teach their peers about best practices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/success.htm
1 Feb 2010
Examining ethical dilemmas that occur in everyday practice
A Harvard expert moderates a new column on ethical case studies and suggests some practical strategies for handling and preventing conflicts. Case study: How should a physician react when an elderly patient refuses life-saving treatment contrary to the wishes of her family?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/ethics.htm
1 Jan 2008
Internist searches for answers when test results go missing
An internist is surprised by a patient's previous blood work, which shows a dramatic rise in PSA levels. There is no evidence in the medical record that the patient was informed of, or that the internist acted upon, the prior abnormal PSA result. However, the internist is certain she never saw it. What should she do next?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/ethics.htm
1 Apr 2009