Search results for "From the College"
New rule gives patients access to lab test reports
Under a new rule issued last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients will have the right to access their medical lab reports directly from the lab that performed the testing, without having to go through the physician who ordered the test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/6.htm
12 Feb 2014
Join ACP's new online discussion group about perioperative medicine
ACP members are invited to participate in the newest ACP Special Interest Group about Perioperative Medicine. The Special Interest Groups are a private online community that allows members to share experiences, questions, and creative solutions with like-minded physicians at their own convenience.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/27/5.htm
27 Aug 2014
New recommendations offer ethical guidance for social media
Social media developments require physicians to consider how to best protect patient interests and apply principles of professionalism to online settings, ACP and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) said last week in a new policy paper, “Online Medical Professionalism: Patient and Public Relationships.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/5.htm
17 Apr 2013
Top 5 categories of apps for hospitalists
The best apps are useful on the wards and help improve the patient experience.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/top-apps-for-hospitalists.htm
15 May 2016
Q&A: What future hospitalists are thinking now
Young docs talk about training experiences, expectations for their careers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/qa.htm
15 Oct 2014
ACP offers recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.
A new ACP policy paper offers 9 strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the United States. “Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States” appeared online April 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/6.htm
16 Apr 2014
ACP calls for improvements to country's public health system
ACP called for an improved public health infrastructure that works collaboratively with physicians to ensure the public's safety and health, in its policy paper “Strengthening the Public Health Infrastructure,” released at Internal Medicine 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/25/4.htm
25 Apr 2012
ACP unveils tools to improve acute coronary syndrome care
ACP last week unveiled two evidence-based interventions and two videos to improve the health outcomes of patients in the first year after an initial acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, such as heart attack and unstable angina, the most common ACS indications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/6.htm
17 Apr 2013
Resources available from ACP Foundation on atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention
The American College of Physicians Foundation offers several resources for clinicians and patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings as part of its Initiative on Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/25/5.htm
25 Apr 2012
Coding corner
Billing for interactions with a patient’s family or other caregiver More than 44 million Americans care for an adult family member or friend. Physicians often will discuss the care of a patient with the patient’s caregivers, and may be able to bill for these interactions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2008