Conference Highlights: CROI 2018
PAD Risk & HIV Though research indicates that cardiovascular disease risk in higher among...
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Infectious Disease
Pre-clinical cancer-target validation
Published and unpublished studies by investigators in the pharmaceutical industry indicate that a...
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CDC Update: Flu Season Finally Peaked
The 2017-18 influenza season peaked in early February and is now on the decline, according to a...
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Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older, 2018
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and...
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“Officials find NYC hospitals riddled with shocking violations.”
I know it’s only the New York Post, but that headline could not be more misleading: The article...
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Key precautions to consider to avoid Overbilling
ProPublica has analyzed data from CMS that shows that the practice of upcoding, which CMS defines...
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Talking to Teens About Vaccination
Despite increases in recent years, adolescent immunization rates in the United States fall short...
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Things doctors should not do—like attacking their nurses
Do not [allegedly] assault the nurses. A former nurse at a surgery center affiliated with...
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MACRA: Proceed With Confidence at the Point of Care
We’ve been living in a MACRA world for some time now, and yet most physicians still aren’t...
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Creating Efficiency in the Patient Journey
The transformation to value-based care has placed tremendous focus on delivery of care as it...
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Expert-Based Opinions: A Supplement to, Not a Replacement for, Evidence-Based Content
Nationally recognized and highly regarded health systems have a variety of ways to expand the...
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Information Rx: The Missing Piece of Quality Care
The vast majority of healthcare takes place outside of a physician’s office. Consumers often care...
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CDC Update: the Flu Is Everywhere – Where Does Your State Fall?
What states are experiencing shortages of antiviral meds and flu vaccines? Now 49 states report...
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Calling Responsible Parties to Task for their Role in the Opioid Epidemic
In October 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the opioid epidemic is a public health...
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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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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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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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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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CDI: A Shifting Paradigm?
The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has tripled over the past decade despite...
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