Updating Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management
By Andy Skean, Senior Editor, Physician’s Weekly The American Association of Clinical...
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Month: February 2018
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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Benefits of Peanut Consumption While Breastfeeding
Findings from recently published studies, including the LEAP study, have led to rapid acceptance...
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Capnography Monitoring Reduces Respiratory Compromise During Procedural Sedation
Clinically significant adverse events associated with procedural sedation and analgesia...
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Conference Highlights: American Academy of Dermatology 2018
Gene Expression Test Impacts Melanoma Management The DecisionDX-Melanoma is a 31-gene...
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Communication and Integration in Emergency Care: Has Anything Changed in 30 Years?
Thirty years ago, ambulance and emergency medical services (EMS) had shifted from the old “Scoop...
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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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First Blood Test to Help Diagnose Brain Injuries Gets US Approval
The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won US government...
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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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Time Trends in Parkinson Incidence
By Andy Skean, Senior Editor, Physician’s Weekly In recent years, investigators have learned much...
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Bacteria Play Critical Role in Driving Colon Cancers
Patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to...
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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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The Innovation Fetish
There is a joke shared by statisticians, scrap dealers, and emergency medicine professionals about...
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#PWChat Recap: 1-Year Follow-Up on Healthcare Under President Trump
The #PWChat series rolled on with another informative discussion with co-host Linda Girgis, MD. We...
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Things medical personnel should not do
Here are some tips from an experienced former provider—me. Nude Pictures… Do not take nude...
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