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  • Improving outcomes and lowering costs by applying advanced models of in-home care
    Peter A. Boling, MD, Rashmi V. Chandekar, MD, Beth Hungate, MS, ANP-BC, Martha Purvis, MSN, Rachel Selby-Penczak, MD and Linda J. Abbey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1 e-suppl 1) e-S7-e-S14; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80.e-s1.03
  • Improving patient outcomes with better care transitions: The role for home health
    Michael O. Fleming, MD and Tara Trahan Haney
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1 e-suppl 1) e-S2-e-S6; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80.e-s1.02
  • The case for “connected health” at home
    Steven H. Landers, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1 e-suppl 1) e-S27-e-S29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80.e-s1.06
  • A guideline is like a prescription
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 5; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80b.01013

    We should not worship the idol of guidelines alone, but neither should we ignore them and make decisions based only on anecdote and experience.

  • Home-based care for heart failure: Cleveland Clinic’s “Heart Care at Home” transitional care program
    Eiran Z. Gorodeski, MD, MPH, Sandra Chlad, NP and Seth Vilensky, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1 e-suppl 1) e-S20-e-S26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80.e-s1.05
  • When do Raynaud symptoms merit a workup for autoimmune rheumatic disease?
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 22-25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12082

    Clues to systemic disease include prolonged and painful attacks that can cause ulceration or gangrene. Other clues are older age at onset, male sex, and asymmetric involvement.

  • Mild cognitive impairment: Hope for stability, plan for progression
    Birju B. Patel, MD, FACP and N. Wilson Holland, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 857-864; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11126

    Older patients often raise concerns about cognitive issues with their primary care physicians. This mild impairment may progress to dementia, remain stable, or even improve.

  • Autism in the office
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 819; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79b.12012

    To many, the image of autism is of a cute sandy-haired boy reciting the batting averages of baseball players. But the spectrum of autism is wide.

  • Bilateral adrenal masses
    Sima Saberi, MD and Nazanene H. Esfandiari, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 841-842; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12031

    In a woman with a thrombus in the aorta, imaging reveals bilateral high-density adrenal masses. What is the diagnosis?

  • Sessile serrated polyps: Cancer risk and appropriate surveillance
    Sessile serrated polyps: Cancer risk and appropriate surveillance
    Rohit Makkar, MD, Rish K. Pai, MD, PhD and Carol A. Burke, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 865-871; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12034

    The serrated polyp pathway is different than the pathway for conventional adenomas. What does finding these polyps on colonoscopy mean for patient care?

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