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HFSA 2013: Sleep-Disordered Breathing & Mortality in HF

Sep 24, 2013

The Particulars: Previous studies have indicated that sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is one of...

HFSA 2013: HF Early Alert System Cuts 30-Day Readmissions

Sep 24, 2013

The Particulars: Data indicate that 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure (HF)...

HFSA 2013: HF Patients With Diabetes Benefit From LVADs

Sep 24, 2013

The Particulars: Anecdotal evidence suggests that blood sugar control improves in patients with HF...

Assessing Arthritis in People With Diabetes

Sep 24, 2013

Arthritis is the most common cause of disability in the United States and is a barrier to physical...

Turning the Tables: Doctors Rate Patients

Sep 23, 2013

Some doctors, tired of often capricious, inaccurate, and statistically flawed ratings of their performance, have decided to fight back. “Pa-Rate,” is a new service that enables physicians and their office staffs as...

Taking Aim at Physician Impairment

Sep 18, 2013

When a critical event occurs in professions other than medicine, detailed investigations are...

Career Plans Among Internal Medicine Residents

Sep 17, 2013

General internists are expected to play a pivotal role in providing healthcare as the population...

Ten Bad Assumptions Patients Make

Sep 17, 2013

Don’t assume anything. Ok, I guess there is one thing you can safely assume in our healthcare...

Why We Pay More for Healthcare Than Any Other Country

Sep 17, 2013

By John Green The following sources are cited: The Incidental Economist, Issues in International...

HFSA 2013

Sep 17, 2013

New research is being presented at HFSA 2013, the 17th annual scientific meeting of the Heart...

Avoiding Pitfalls in Physician Employment Contracts

Sep 17, 2013

Faced with declining reimbursement, added expenses from implementing new technologies, and...

Reducing Readmissions in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Sep 16, 2013

In the United States, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and...

Cows Vs Great Whites: Which Are More Likely to Kill You?

Sep 16, 2013

Give me a minute, and I’ll get to the cows and sharks. You would be surprised at how few doctors are familiar with even the most basic statistics. Medical journal articles often have statistical errors that are missed by...