Telemedicine (aka telehealth) is the practice of medicine using electronic communication and information technology between a healthcare provider in one location and a patient in another location, essentially a remote or virtual encounter.

An advance directive is fundamental to self-autonomy, an opportunity to assert control over our own lives, with the expectation that our end-of-life preferences will be honored and be inviolable.

As healthcare practices continue to face the challenges imposed by high operational costs and overwhelmed staff, the demand for virtual administrative assistants has increased.

CAP has recently received an increased number of requests for assistance with managing disruptive patients.

There are various reasons compounded medications are necessary: either because the patient cannot tolerate the commercially available drug or its excipients; the exact dose, strength, or route is not commercially available; or the patient may need a medication that is currently in shortage or discontinued.