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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

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

Pioneering internist is still outworking peers at age 80

Edith Irby Jones, MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/thirteen.htm
1 Jun 2008

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

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.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/11/cancer.htm
1 Nov 2011

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

Silent epidemic: Alcohol and preventable death, despair

Alcohol use disorder is often linked to poverty, unemployment, social isolation, and other social determinants of health, and medicine must address these underlying factors to genuinely reduce the risks associated with alcohol.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/silent-epidemic-alcohol-and-preventable-death-despair.htm
1 Jul 2023

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