Search results for "Ethics"
Urban health residencies aim to create primary care leaders
Two residency tracks at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore focus specifically on urban primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/urban-health-residencies-aim-to-create-primary-care-leaders.htm
1 Sep 2018
Readers weigh in on ACP's meaning, ‘nonspecific’ back pain
Readers respond to coverage about fighting physician burnout and nonspecific back pain.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/readers-weigh-in-on-acps-meaning-nonspecific-back-pain.htm
1 Jul 2018
New ethics case study examines patient privacy and confidentiality beyond HIPAA
The case study examines if and under what conditions it may be ethically permissible to discuss deidentified information about a patient.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/19/5.htm
19 Jun 2018
Remembering medicine's past, and discussion of deprescribing
Philip Masters, MD, FACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/19/6.htm
19 Jun 2018
Recording patient visits questioned
A reader responds to coverage about recording patient visits.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/06/letter.htm
1 Jun 2018
DTC screening tests a source of concern
With the proliferation of the number and scope of direct-to-consumer tests, ACP is concerned about the unnecessary costs and undue anxiety for patients when results lead to follow-up testing to rule out a medical concern.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/06/dtc-screening-tests-a-source-of-concern.htm
1 Jun 2018
ACP bridges perspectives within internal medicine
ACP can serve as a virtual agora where the different professional branches can draw from their common root of internal medicine, and bridge differences by providing a space where members can talk through and think through different perspectives while remaining connected to patient care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/acp-bridges-perspectives-within-internal-medicine.htm
1 May 2018
When visits become ‘on the record’
With recording technology becoming ubiquitous, more patients are recording their encounters with physicians, sometimes without their knowledge.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/when-visits-become-on-the-record.htm
1 Apr 2018
Is that thing on?
This issue covers patients who record physician visits, early interventions for hepatitis B, and the use of standardized patients in medical education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/is-that-thing-on.htm
1 Apr 2018
Teach-back
Reflection on the past year as ACP president has taught lessons on advocacy and the scope of medicine, among other lessons.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/teach-back.htm
1 Apr 2018