Surgeon Scorecard Thoroughly Dismantled
Back in July, an organization called ProPublica released its Surgeon Scorecard, which attempted to...
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Doctor Curmudgeon® : “I Flunked the ICD-10 Test”
By Doctor Curmudgeon® How could this be? I took this stupid test that I had to take for...
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Persistent Pain in Older Patients
For older Americans, persistent pain is highly prevalent and costly to manage. Persistent pain...
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Pediatric Flexible Airway Endoscopy: New Standards
Flexible airway endoscopy (FAE) is well accepted and widely used to manage children with known or...
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Diabetes in American Indians
The American Heart Association (AHA) has implemented 2020 goals for promiting cardiovascular...
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Strategies for Improving Diabetes Care
According to the most recent estimates, more than 29 million Americans—or slightly more than 9% of...
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Opioid Abuse & Mortality Trends
Over the past two decades, research has shown that rates of abuse and diversion of opioid...
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No Life Limited by Pain 2015
New research was presented at No Life Limited by Pain 2015, the annual meeting of the American...
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Concussion Season: Why We Need to Do Better
The NFL season kicked off this month but with it, we return back to concussion season. Most people...
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Counseling Young Adults With Hypertension
Published studies show that about 9% of men and 7% of women who fall in the young adult age...
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The Vicious Cycle of Ventral Hernia Repair
Study results suggest that patients with multiple previous hernia repairs appear to be more likely...
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Preventing Postoperative Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a common nosocomial infection that accounts for approximately 2.7% to 3.4% of...
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Unprofessional Medical Staff Behavior
In 2009, the Joint Commission Leadership Standard issued a mandate stating that leaders need to...
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Surgery: Things Left Behind
I got the call from the radiologist at midday, just as I was about to start my third case in the...
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Positive Effects With a Patient Handoff Program
To enhance patient safety, many institutions have made improving patient handoffs a priority but...
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Guidance on Left Ventriculography Use
Left ventriculography became the gold standard for assessing left ventricle function decades ago,...
Read MoreSeat Belt Laws & MVC Fatalities
States with seat belt laws that allow motor vehicle occupants to be ticketed solely for not wearing seat belts (primary) appear to have lower motor vehicle crash (MVC) fatalities rates than states with laws that allow ticketing...
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Residents, Attendings, & ED Resource Use
Research suggests that it costs more to provide care at academic medical centers in the United...
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The Demand for Emergency Care
The CDC’s most recent National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey revealed that EDs in the...
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