Improving Pediatric Asthma Care
The current rate of childhood asthma in the United States is at a historically high 10%, according...
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Hospital Medicine
Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians: Who Fares Better?
Do patient outcomes differ between those treated by male and female physicians? In a...
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Guidelines for Reducing Catheter-Associated UTIs
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), and...
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Three Effective Ways to Pick Quality Improvement Targets
My first exposure to Lean as a quality improvement (QI) approach was at a well-known automotive...
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Examining Dietary Supplement Use
According to data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, approximately 18% of American...
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Going off the deep end about water
The latest water craze has generated a lot of discussion. The New York Times reported that some...
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Dutch physician Lars Brouwers driving to Africa to deliver 3D printed hands
A physician from the Netherlands is attempting to drive to Sierra Leone in order to set up a...
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Can Incident Reports Backfire?
Incident reports are frequently submitted by hospital personnel. Did you ever wonder what happens...
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Identifying Smoking-Related Disease
Among current and former adult smokers, symptoms like productive cough, dyspnea, and exercise...
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Three Ineffective Institutional Approaches to Quality Improvement in Healthcare
In 2012, there were estimates of waste in US healthcare amounting to $750 billion per year, or...
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The Digital Divide & Older Patients
Over the last several years, many resources have been invested in internet-based interventions to...
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CDI: A Shifting Paradigm?
The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has tripled over the past decade despite...
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Filling Prescriptions After Opioid-Related Hospitalizations
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 4.3 million...
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ICAAC 2015
New research was presented at ICAAC 2015, the American Society for Microbiology’s annual...
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Continuing Life Sustaining Therapy in the Face of Futility
One of the most difficult challenges physicians encounter is assisting terminally ill patients who...
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Conference Highlights: SABCS 2017
Arm Morbidity Rates in Young Breast Cancer Survivors With the move away from axillary node...
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OTC Medications for Diabetics: 7 Considerations
By Andy Skean, Senior Editor, Physician’s Weekly The over-the-counter (OTC) medication...
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3D Printing an Osteoporotic Mandible to Aid in Surgery
Together with maxillofacial surgeon, Erik Nout, MD, DDS, PhD, I prepared a stereolithography file...
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Making Patient Education a Two-Way Street
With the increased focus on patient engagement to improve outcomes, we as clinicians must think...
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3D Printing Aids Fistulotomy
Together with colorectal surgeon David Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FEBS, I’m exploring the world of...
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