What Is an Electronic ICU?
Due to a lack of intensivists in US hospitals, the popularity of eICUs is growing, but significant questions about its costs, resources, and benefits remain.
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Author: Teresa Sellinger
AI Regulation in the Healthcare Industry & the Potential of AI
Collaborative healthcare industry regulation can unlock the potential of AI to greatly improve administrative and clinical aspects of the medical field.
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Arterial Stiffness Assessments May Help Patients With Obesity
Researchers conducted pulse wave analyses on study participants with obesity and determined arterial stiffness measurements could benefit clinical management.
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Rurality Linked to Lower Survival in Early-Onset CRC
Patients with early-onset colorectal cancer in impoverished, rural areas had a 1.1- to 1.5-fold increased risk for death compared with those in nonrural areas.
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FIT Tests Vary for Detecting ACN
Researchers tested the sensitivity of five fecal immunochemical tests for detecting advanced colorectal neoplasia, including colorectal cancer.
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Exercise CMR Assessment Could Help Identify SSc-PAH
Exercise cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessments of RV size and function may help identify patients with SSc-PAH who have poorer prognoses.
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First Line Moderate-Efficacy DMTs for MS Show Similar Efficacy
A study compared the effectiveness of first line, moderately effective disease-modifying therapies in patients with MS and found similar effectiveness.
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DMT Trials for MS Show Higher Burden of Comorbidity Linked to Worse Clinical Outcomes
In clinical trials for disease-modifying therapies for patients with MS, worse clinical outcomes were associated with a higher burden of comorbidity.
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Women Continue to Face Significant Healthcare System Challenges
Recent reports based on experiences and perceptions of patients and practitioners reveal that women continue to face significant healthcare system challenges.
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Tips for Being an Effective Leader of the Healthcare Team
Linda Girgis, MD, FAAFP, provides expert advice on how to be an effective leader of a healthcare team, and reminds physicians that leading well takes practice.
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High Depression Genetic Burden Associated With MS Disease Activity
Increased MS disease activity is associated with a higher depression genetic burden in a Canadian study.
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Blood Markers Predict MS Progression
Future risk for progression independent of relapse activity can be predicted by a change in the serum glial fibrillary acidic protein, during the first 2 years of treatment for patients with MS.
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Revised McDonald Criteria Allows Earlier & More Precise MS Diagnosis
The McDonald criteria for the diagnosis of MS has been updated to allow diagnosis in asymptomatic people who have had a radiologically isolated syndrome.
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PW Trivia: 2025 ICD-10-CM Code Changes
PW trivia is focused on medical facts, history, and more. This week’s question is: Which ICD-10-CM chapter has the most 2025 ICD-10-CM code changes?
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ICD-10 Update Season
Medical cartoon about ICD-10 codes raining down on the medical community during ICD-10-CM update season.
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2025 ICD-10-CM Codes Are Now in Effect: Key Updates You Need to Know
2025 ICD-10-CM updates include new codes, code deletions and revisions, and a conversion table that identifies inactive codes and their replacements.
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Q&A: Routine Screening for Neurocognitive Impairment May Improve ART Adherence
Both symptomatic and asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment in patients with HIV are associated with a higher risk for low/very low viremia and viral failure.
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Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Outperforms Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Stage III Resectable Melanoma
Recent research showed neoadjuvant therapy with 2 cycles of nivolumab/ipilimumab outperformed 12 courses of adjuvant nivolumab in stage III resectable melanoma.
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Q&A: In MS, Stigma and Access to Information Impact Disparities in Shared Decision Making
Many patients with MS from underserved populations prefer shared decision making (SDM), and SDM is important to ensure equitable access to healthcare.
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Retifanlimab Improves Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal
Adding retifanlimab to standard-of-care chemotherapy improved response rate and progression-free survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.
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