Taking Aim at Physician Impairment
When a critical event occurs in professions other than medicine, detailed investigations are...
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Career Plans Among Internal Medicine Residents
General internists are expected to play a pivotal role in providing healthcare as the population...
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Avoiding Pitfalls in Physician Employment Contracts
Faced with declining reimbursement, added expenses from implementing new technologies, and...
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Reducing Readmissions in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
In the United States, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and...
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Hospital Admission Risk Factors for Older HF Patients
The number of older people with heart failure (HF) has increased considerably over the past 20...
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Enhancing Patient Satisfaction After ED Visits
Efforts to improve the care experience for ED patients have the potential for wide-ranging...
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Who’s Hitting the Gym
The figure below shows the percentage of adults who met aerobic activity and muscle strengthening...
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Considerations for Dosing of Oral Therapies in Metastatic RCC
For patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), oral therapy has improved outcomes and...
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Using Restraints to Manage Agitated Patients
Most emergency physicians think of agitation as relatively simple to treat, with sedation being...
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Analyzing the Effect of ACE Units for Older Patients
In order for the economic stability of the United States healthcare system to improve, hospitals...
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Guideline Recommendations for Prosthetic Joint Infections
Research shows that as many as 20,000 of the nearly 1 million total hip arthroplasty (THA) and...
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Key Concepts in Managing Afib
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained heart rhythm disorder, affecting about 3...
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Guidelines for CT Use in Lung Cancer Screening
In August 2011, results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) were published in the New...
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Predicting Prolonged Opioid Use After Surgery
Opioid drug use in patients with chronic pain has been linked to psychological distress and...
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Caring for Chronic Conditions in Primary Care
With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act now underway, more attention is being focused...
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Why Patients Are Seeing Their Doctors
A Mayo Clinic study has identified the most prevalent disease groups for which patients visit...
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Patient Safety & Pain Management
According to current estimates, more than 76 million people in the United States suffer from...
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Examining Trends in HF Hospitalizations
According to recent estimates, heart failure (HF) is one of the most common reasons for hospital...
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