November/December 2018

Features

How to Prepare for and Survive a Violent Patient Encounter

Kenneth S. Cheng

Preparations for Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Office

Alicia A. Kowalchuk; Maria Mejia de Grubb; Roger J. Zoorob

Five Ways to Communicate Risks So That Patients Understand

Sarina B. Schrager

Departments

From the Editor

Communicating Risks: Let’s Talk Numeracy - Free Full Text
Kenneth G. Adler

SPPACES: App Reviews

Six Mobile Apps to Make Prescribing Easier
David Rebedew

Supplement

Making Sense of MACRA: Options for Meeting the 2018 MIPS Requirements

Practice Pearls

• Know your RVUs • Set antibiotic expectations before a sore throat exam • Use a white board to track high-risk patients

Coding & Documentation

• When the chief complaint is “medication refill” • 99221 for second hospital encounter? • Staph infection of a wound

The Last Word

What Makes a Doctor Truly Great
Kenneth Lin

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