Search results for "Chronic Disease"
Transitioning from the domain of health care to the domain of health
One of the most interesting aspects of the transformation occurring in medicine is the effort that some organizations have committed to reexamining the scope of their business.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/residents.htm
15 Sep 2014
Volunteer physicians help rebuild Haiti's health system
Volunteer physicians help to rebuild the troubled nation's health system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/haiti.htm
15 May 2010
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
Blood loss anemia
Making a distinction between acute and chronic blood loss anemia is important.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/coding-blood-loss-anemia.htm
15 Jan 2016
Better treatment but low awareness with hepatitis C
The main challenge is increasing awareness and getting appropriate therapy to those who need it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/hepatitis.htm
15 Aug 2012
Reporting malnutrition
Documenting malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis helps establish the severity of an underlying illness, improves publicly reported data, and can increase reimbursement to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2009
A patient-centered home on the range
A three-year patient-centered medical home pilot reduced ED visits and hospital admissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/qa2.htm
15 Dec 2012
Test yourself: Pneumonia
The following cases and commentary, which address pneumonia, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2010
Seeing readmissions from the patient's point of view
Researchers begin to investigate patient-reported outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/patient-readmissions.htm
15 Sep 2015
Advance care planning
Medicare began paying for advance care planning services in 2016 to encourage such conversations and compensate clinicians for the time spent having them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/coding-advance-care-planning.htm
15 Dec 2017