Search results for "New technology"
Mobile devices offer advantages, challenges
Internists are piecing together technology to improve their practice management, but too many pieces are more of a puzzle than a picture. All the new devices ultimately need to lead to better care, the experts urge.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/04/technology.htm
1 Apr 2012
ACP issues telemedicine recommendations
ACP released a position paper on the use of telemedicine, offering more than a dozen policy statements and recommendations for practice and reimbursement.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/10/telemedicine.htm
1 Oct 2015
Regents hear two sides of applying medical home concept
The Board of Regents recently brought in two experts to talk about how the patient-centered medical home actually works in practice in a first-ever Regents meeting debate.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/regents.htm
1 Oct 2009
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond: EMRs and physician incomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/letter.htm
1 Jan 2012
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
Variety of coding changes loom for 2013
A partial freeze on diagnosis coding updates has been extended one year, while new care management codes will be introduced in 2013.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/11/coding.htm
1 Nov 2012
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
1945-1954: ACP and other organizations find their niches
ACP's fourth decade started with the restoration of pre-World War II programs that had been suspended, as well as struggles with more philosophical issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/04/centennial.htm
1 Apr 2015
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