American Diabetes Association’s 6th Disparities Partnership Forum
The American Diabetes Association will be holding its 6th Disparities Partnership Forum entitled,...
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Month: September 2013
ICAAC 2013: A Closer Look at UTIs
The Particulars: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most prevalent hospital admission...
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ICAAC 2013: Achieving Antiretroviral Therapy Compliance
The Particulars: Compliance with antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical to optimizing outcomes...
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ICAAC 2013: HZ Vaccination Rates Remain Low in the Elderly
The Particulars: A 2008 study found that the rate of herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination among patients...
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ICAAC 2013: Assessing Early Treatment Response in Cellulitis
The Particulars: Early treatment response has emerged as a reliable predictor of outcomes...
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ICAAC 2013: A Look at Clostridium difficile Infection Trends
The Particulars: Previous research indicates that the rate of Clostridium difficile infection...
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Guideline Recommendations for Prosthetic Joint Infections
Research shows that as many as 20,000 of the nearly 1 million total hip arthroplasty (THA) and...
Read MoreA Follow-Up on Patient Follow-Up
My post entitled “Who is at fault if a patient doesn’t follow up?” from August was well received. There were many comments on Twitter. Here is some follow-up on following up. A surgeon saw a new patient with...
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Key Concepts in Managing Afib
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained heart rhythm disorder, affecting about 3...
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Guidelines for CT Use in Lung Cancer Screening
In August 2011, results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) were published in the New...
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Physician Salary Outlook for 2014
While physicians across all organizations are projected to see median salary increases for 2013,...
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Predicting Prolonged Opioid Use After Surgery
Opioid drug use in patients with chronic pain has been linked to psychological distress and...
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Caring for Chronic Conditions in Primary Care
With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act now underway, more attention is being focused...
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Why Patients Are Seeing Their Doctors
A Mayo Clinic study has identified the most prevalent disease groups for which patients visit...
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Patient Safety & Pain Management
According to current estimates, more than 76 million people in the United States suffer from...
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ICAAC 2013
New research is being presented at ICAAC 2013, the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents...
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ESC Congress 2013: Predicting Treatment Success in Atrial Fibrillation
The Particulars: The validity of delayed enhancement MRI (DE-MRI) in staging atrial fibrosis and...
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ESC Congress 2013: Telemonitoring Detects Potential Issues With ICDs & CRT-Ds
The Particulars: In-office visits are typically necessary to follow-up with heart failure (HF)...
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ESC Congress 2013: Women Benefit With Drug-Eluting Stents
The Particulars: Women account for one-third of the 500,000 patients who receive stents annually...
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