Integrating Public Health and Primary Care Systems Potential Strategies From...
A primary care physician sits in her office withher patient, an overweight 57-year-old man withdiabetes and hypertension. She knows that inaddition to treating his chronic medical conditions, she also...
View ArticlePayment Reform for Primary Care Within the Accountable Care Organization A...
Health care reform requires new delivery systems and new modes of payment to support them. Transitioning from a fee-for-service payment system, with its emphasis on volume, to a more value-driven...
View ArticleIntegrating Public Health and Primary Care Systems Potential Strategies From...
A primary care physician sits in her office withher patient, an overweight 57-year-old man withdiabetes and hypertension. She knows that inaddition to treating his chronic medical conditions, she also...
View ArticleYoung Adult Cancer Survivors Face Barriers to Receiving Primary Care
Even though adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at risk of developing chronic health conditions from chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery received during cancer treatment, a recent...
View ArticleResidency Training and International Medical Graduates Coming to America No...
By 2015, the number of graduates from US medical schools is anticipated to surpass the number of positions in residency programs. Because the vast majority of US medical school graduates will choose to...
View ArticleThe US Primary Care Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Policy Graduate...
There is a shortage of primary care services in the United States due to increasing demand and declining supply. In 2010, in its 20th Report to Congress, the Council on Graduate Medical Education...
View ArticleStudies Continue to Show No Benefit From Annual Physicals in Healthy Adults
Since the late 1970s, national expert panels have warned that annual physical examinations or general health checks offer little benefit for asymptomatic individuals, and authors of a recent review of...
View ArticleResidency Training and International Medical Graduates Coming to America No...
By 2015, the number of graduates from US medical schools is anticipated to surpass the number of positions in residency programs. Because the vast majority of US medical school graduates will choose to...
View ArticleGeneral Medicine vs Subspecialty Career Plans Among Internal Medicine...
ContextCurrent medical training models in the United States are unlikely to produce sufficient numbers of general internists and primary care physicians. Differences in general internal medicine (GIM)...
View ArticleThe US Primary Care Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Policy Graduate...
There is a shortage of primary care services in the United States due to increasing demand and declining supply. In 2010, in its 20th Report to Congress, the Council on Graduate Medical Education...
View ArticleGaps in India’s Health Care
Health care workers in many parts of India have little or no medical training and the quality of care provided is deficient in many respects, report researchers from India, Canada, the United States,...
View ArticleImproving Population Health in US Cities Improving Population Health in US...
Interest in population health and the promotion of greater collaboration between medical, public health, and social service institutions has surged in recent months. This approach adopts a...
View ArticleComparison of Presenting Complaint vs Discharge Diagnosis for Identifying “...
ImportanceReduction in emergency department (ED) use is frequently viewed as a potential source for cost savings. One consideration has been to deny payment if the patient's diagnosis upon ED discharge...
View ArticleManagement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Advanced Age...
ImportanceHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)−positive patients treated with antiretroviral therapy now have increased life expectancy and develop chronic illnesses that are often seen in older...
View ArticleConnecting to Health Insurance Coverage Connecting to Coverage
For years, clinicians have advocated for health insurance coverage for all Americans. Now, through the Affordable Care Act, the nation is one step closer to this goal. October 1, 2013, marks the...
View ArticleEffect of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on...
ImportanceAntimicrobial stewardship programs have been effective for inpatients, often through prescribing audit and feedback. However, most antimicrobial use occurs in outpatients with acute...
View ArticleThe Convenience Revolution for Treatment of Low-Acuity Conditions Convenient...
Approximately 50 million times annually, patients visit physicians for low-acuity conditions such as bronchitis and urinary tract infections. Many more would likely visit their primary care physician...
View ArticleReenvisioning Specialty Care and Payment Under Global Payment Systems Viewpoint
Under the current fee-for-service (FFS) payment system, specialists developed practice styles and business models that flourished by maximizing the delivery of highly reimbursed services. Specialists...
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