Apr 2003

Features

The Integrated Summary: A Documentation Tool to Improve Patient Care

Michael Stelman

Making Family Practice Doable in Everyday Life

J. LeBron McBride

Evaluating Health Plans: Finding the Keepers

Rod Aymond

Departments

Editor's Page

A Request for Further Guidance
Robert L. Edsall

Editorial

The Challenge of Urban Family Medicine
Denise Hooks-Anderson

Getting Paid

Anatomy of the Medicare Appeals Process
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Making Paper Charts More Efficient
Lisa M. McTavish

Balancing Act

Keeping the Human Touch
Frank Boehm

Coding & Documentation

• Night Admission • New or Established Patient? • Allergy Injections

Ask FPM

• PDAs and HIPAA • Using RVUs in Compensation Formulas • Paper for Paperless Systems?

Practice Diary

• Coding Consult • A Bold Woman • Schooled!

Monitor

• Malpractice Crisis Spreads; Legislation Pending • Physicians, Patients Have Differing Views on Disclosing Errors • A Heartfelt Bonus • Preventing Medication Errors in Children

Letters

• Open Access Worth the Effort

• No Quick Fixes

• The Career Path Less Traveled

• A Typical Day Off

About the CME Quiz

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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