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Complementary and
Alternative Medicine:
••Fall 2002/Vol. 6, No. 4

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Health Systems


 

Successful Practices in the Physician Work Environment: We Work Together.
By Karen Tallman, PhD; Jill Steinbruegge, MD; Michelle Hatzis, PhD

The Physician Work Environment Workgroup conducted focus groups to identify successful practices in the physician work environment. This article explores the practices that discriminate "highly rated" teams from "medium-rated" or "low-rated" teams.
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SPECIAL FEATURE -
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Symposium
In May 2002, The Southeast Permanente Medical Group's Spring CME Program was held in Georgia. A panel of speakers: Paul Wallace, MD; Tieraona Low Dog, MD; Lee Ballance, MD; and Charles Elder, MD, joined Lee Jacobs, MD, in presenting the Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Each presenter spoke from their area of expertise and shared their thoughts on the integration of CAM into practice. The edited transcripts of each speaker along with the transcript of the panel discussion with questions from the audience conducted at the end of the symposium are excerpted in this special feature. To pdf of complete symposium feature >>

Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: In the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine, What's a Physician to Do?
By Lee Jacobs, MD, Moderator

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Using Evidence to Understand New Approaches.
By Paul Wallace, MD

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Dietary Supplements and Botanical Medicines: A Commonsense Approach.
By Tieraona Low Dog, MD

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Integrating CAM Into a Group Practice: The Experience of The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California.
By Lee Ballance, MD

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Integrating CAM Into Practice: The KP Northwest Story.
By Charles Elder, MD

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Panel Discussion.
By Lee Jacobs, MD, Moderator

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Clinical Information System (CIS) Baselets Help Standardize Evaluation of ADHD in the KP Colorado Region.
By Mark Groshek, MD

One powerful tool of CIS is the baselet, a module containing a set of prewritten items that can be inserted into a clinical progress note. This article discusses the successful use of these baselets in the KP Colorado Region.
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CPC Corner: How to Say No.
By Edward Wang, MD; Andrew Golden, MD; Pamela J Butterworth, MA, MHRD

A good clinician-patient relationship is essential in determining treatment plans and goals. This article discusses the importance of this relationship when the clinician must tell the patient "no," and offers strategies for addressing these uncomfortable situations.
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Physicians as Leaders: Roundtable Discussion--Human Resource Leaders from the Permanente Medical Groups
By Lee Jacobs, MD, Moderator

A panel of Permanente human resource experts, called together in a roundtable discussion, discusses the important informal leadership role physicians play in the work unit.
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