Search results for "Chronic Illness"
Tips for workplace wellness
With nearly 63% of physicians reporting one or more signs of burnout, two experts offered advice on making changes to help prevent it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/tips-for-workplace-wellness.htm
1 Jul 2023
ACP issues position paper on patient-physician-caregiver relationships
ACP issues position paper on patient-physician-caregiver relationships
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/26/11.htm
26 Jan 2010
Prepping IM residents for primary care
Although most patient visits and more than 60% of procedures now occur in the outpatient setting, most of the focus on residency training is on critically ill patients in the hospital.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/education.htm
1 May 2017
ACP offers solutions to problem of increased cost sharing for patients
Among other positions, ACP says that the health care system must accelerate its efforts to reduce overall health care spending in ways that do not rely principally on shifting the cost burden onto insured persons who cannot afford to pay more for their medical care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/19/4.htm
19 Jul 2016
Telemedicine's time has arrived
As the need for remote health care expands, medical educators and residents continue to refine the best ways to teach and learn telemedicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/09/telemedicines-time-has-arrived.htm
1 Sep 2022
Testosterone treatment may help sexual function, but not walking or vitality
Testosterone supplementation can improve sexual function, but the benefits were modest, tended to wane later in treatment, and were not as robust as those of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/23/1.htm
23 Feb 2016
Physicians as patients with COVID-19
Physicians who contracted COVID-19 share their perspectives on how the disease has changed their personal and professional lives.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/01/physicians-as-patients-with-covid-19.htm
1 Jan 2022
Cardiac rehab uptake remains low, despite benefits
Estimates from the American Heart Association suggest that only about 20% to 30% of eligible patients ever receive the intervention.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/cardiac-rehab-uptake-remains-low-despite-benefits.htm
1 Mar 2022
Pros, cons of prolonged anticoagulation after a clot
Experts debate about provoked vs. unprovoked venous thromboembolism, and whether a once-high-risk patient can have that status removed later.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/pros-cons-of-prolonged-anticoagulation-after-a-clot.htm
1 Feb 2020
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