Improving Pediatric Obesity Care
An intervention involving computerized clinical decision support for obesity management for...
Read More
Hospital Medicine
Comparing Treatment Strategies for COPD
Medication has become the mainstay of managing COPD, making it imperative for physicians to have a...
Read More
EMR Alerts: Crying Wolf
Anyone who has spent time on the Internet has seen those annoying pop-up ads that contaminate...
Read More
Antiviral Therapy for Influenza
Influenza has been well established as a potentially dangerous pathogen and common cause for...
Read More
Opioid Use & Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA), a procedure designed for treating diseased rotator cuff tears...
Read More
Dealing With the Aging Surgeon
According to published research and anecdotal evidence, the aging surgeon remains a problem...
Read More
Hypertension Trends in the U.S.
Healthy People 2020 is a national initiative that was launched in 2010 and outlines 10-year goals...
Read More
Ethical Pain Management in the ED
According to published reports, up to 75% of ED patients present with pain-related complaints, and...
Read More
Contraception Among HIV-Positive Women
Results of a meta-analysis indicate that HIV and contraceptive methods can interact in various...
Read More
Trends in HAV Infection
The incidence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection appears to have declined from 6.0 to 0.4 cases...
Read More
Bundled Approach Reduces SSIs
Among patients undergoing cardiac or orthopedic surgery, a bundled intervention consisting of...
Read More
No Changes With Medicare Part D
A large data analysis indicates that Medicare Part D had no significant impact on several...
Read More
Cardiovascular Outcomes With Glycemic Control
A study has found that intensive glucose control appears to reduce risks for cardiovascular...
Read More
Assessing Medical Use of Cannabinoids
There appears to be moderate-quality evidence supporting cannabinoid use for treating chronic pain...
Read More
Improving Asthma Controller Adherence
An intervention using reminders in electronic health records that alert parents when inhaled...
Read More
Working on the Night Shift in Emergency Medicine
Throughout the United States, EDs often require physicians to work a share of night shifts along...
Read More
Preoperative Frailty Screening & Palliative Care
Frail surgery patients are at greater risk of death and poor outcomes after their procedure than...
Read More
Examining Vaccination Rates in Women
Research has repeatedly shown that adults in the United States are under-immunized against a...
Read MoreWhere Big Data Does Not Exist
The crush to achieve big data goals drives the American healthcare system. Many experts, I among them, feel that the system lost its way and forgot about the people we treat. The company and government heads clamor to devise the...
Read More