Practice Management

  • In Reply: Caring for international patients November 2016
    Kelly W. Cawcutt, MD and John W. Wilson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03002

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Caring for international patients November 2016
    Maryam Sattari, MD, Shehla Islam, MD and Amir Kazory, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03001

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Staying afloat in a sea of information: Point-of-care resources
    Rebecca Andrews, MS, MD, FACP, Neil Mehta, MBBS,MS,FACP, Jack Maypole, MD and Stephen A. Martin, MD, EdM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 225-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15087

    We can refine our skills in accessing, sorting, and interpreting scientific evidence.

  • Patients with challenging behaviors: Communication strategies
    Isabel N. Schuermeyer, MD, Erin Sieke, BA, Leah Dickstein, MD, Tatiana Falcone, MD, FAPA and Kathleen Franco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 535-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15130

    Having a plan to deal with difficult personality types leads to better communication and outcomes—and less stress.

  • Labels matter: Challenging conversations or challenging people?
    Adrienne Boissy, MD, MA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 543-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16128

    Caring for patients is a complex, intricate, intimate privilege. To characterize it otherwise is to not fully understand it.

  • Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
    Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA, CAPT USPHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 673-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17003

    It has always been a good idea; now it is required.

  • The peacock and the doctor
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 776-777; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.11016

    Of the seven deadly sins, the worst is pride—avoid a chauvinistic attitude when caring for international patients.

  • Benefits and challenges of caring for international patients
    Kelly A. Cawcutt, MD and John W. Wilson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 794-800; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16035

    Improving the quality of care and the clinical experience for both providers and patients.

  • Seeking medical care abroad: A challenge to empathy
    Nizar N. Zein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 801-803; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16097

    Empathy for international patients is not merely a matter of kindness, it is central to healing.

  • Breaking the pain contract: A better controlled-substance agreement for patients on chronic opioid therapy
    Daniel G. Tobin, MD, FACP, Kristine Keough Forte, MS, MA, DBioethics and Summer Johnson McGee, PhD, CPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 827-835; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15172

    Common limitations of current pain treatment “contracts,” and strategies to improve them.

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