Search results for "Disease Management"
ACP issues policy recommendations on retail health clinics
Retail health clinics should serve as an episodic alternative to care from an established primary care practice for relatively healthy patients without complex medical histories, among other recommendations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/20/2.htm
20 Oct 2015
Immunization is everyone's issue
ACP convened an Advisory Group to discuss barriers to adult immunization, with the goal of identifying potential ways for ACP to address them on a population health level.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/immunization-is-everyones-issue.htm
1 Oct 2019
Asthma drug may improve control, reduce risk of exacerbations
Despite the results, the authors noted that which patients are more likely to respond to LTRAs remains unclear.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/22/1.htm
22 Sep 2015
Managing medication adherence
That most nonadherent patients are willfully rejecting doctors' orders might seem shocking. But physicians have to accept it in order to encourage patients to accept their advice. Digital health tools may offer potential aids in solving matters of adherence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/03/adherence.htm
1 Mar 2017
Barrett's esophagus: screening guidelines are in flux over reflux
Barrett's esophagus, which is associated with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease and is sometimes a precursor to cancer.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/thirteen.htm
1 Apr 2008
NIH panel advocates delaying treatment for low-grade prostate cancer
Men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored until disease progression warrants treatment, concluded an independent panel of the National Institutes of Health.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/13/1.htm
13 Dec 2011
Consider GERD in patients with pulmonary diseases
Because not all presentations of lung diseases include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)'s more commonly recognized symptoms, such as heartburn and regurgitation, it is easy to miss GERD as a contributing factor. Internists should be on the lookout for “red flags” such as dysphagia or weight loss.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/03/GERD.htm
1 Mar 2014
Shared visits improve access, productivity and satisfaction
Shared office visits provide groups of patients with more time with their doctors, not less, and come under the rubric of smart care. Learn how leading institutions have adopted them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/shared.htm
1 Oct 2009
Internists interacting with retail clinics
Primary care physicians are seeing more patients after they've already been to a retail health clinic. Experts say that a more patient-centered model needs to evolve to combat the ease of seeking care outside the doctor's office.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/retail-clinics.htm
1 Feb 2016
Telemonitoring no more effective than usual care after hospitalization in heart failure patients
Senate acts to prevent Medicare cut
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/23/5.htm
23 Nov 2010