Improving the Patient-Provider Relationship Through Video Telemedicine
Kaiser-Permanente Northern California recently integrated video telemedicine functionality into their healthcare delivery system.
Practice Management
Benefits of a Standardized Pain Management Regimen in Inpatient Psychiatric Units
The implementation of a standardized medication regimen for pain management in incoming psychiatric inpatients may be associated with a reduction in the number of pages related to pain complaints received by on-call residents.
Precise Communication Key to Adapting Technologies to Clinical Practice
Researchers evaluated the feasibility of using machine learning to automatically populate a review of systems of all symptoms discussed in a patient/physician conversation.
More Than Half of US Adults Have Medical Financial Hardship
Medical financial hardship affects more than half of adults in the United States.
Patients Find Video Primary Care Visits Convenient
Primary care video visits are convenient and may improve the patient-provider relationship.
Balancing an ED Revenue-Generating Model With Community-Based Health
This case asks how a hospital should balance patients’ health needs with its financial bottom line regarding emergency department utilization.
ACP Recommendations to Achieve Universal Health Care Insurance Coverage
Based on initial gains in health care access from the passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and ACA, the ACP offers recommendations on how to improve the law and achieve universal health care coverage.
Over-the-Counter Medications Save Health Care System Money
On average, each dollar spent on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines saves the U.S. health care system $7.20, totaling nearly $146 billion in annual savings.
Clinicians Positioned to Support Partnerships That Address Community Health
Clinicians can promote community investment by helping to create the data and demand that will catalyze efforts to address the root causes of ill health.
Using Self-Reflection to Fight Inequity in Healthcare
White physicians need to examine where racism lives within them and how it lives through them to address the appalling racial inequities in healthcare.
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