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ESC Congress 2013

Aug 13, 2013

New research is being presented at ESC Congress 2013, the annual meeting of the European Society...

FDA Approves Tivicay for HIV Infection

Aug 13, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tivicay (dolutegravir), a new drug to treat...

Enhancing Management of Lower Back Pain

Aug 13, 2013

About 25% of adults report having low back pain lasting at least 1 whole day in the preceding 3...

My New Insight into EMR Reality

Aug 13, 2013

OK, I’ll admit it: I had no idea. I thought that the whining and griping by other doctors about...

Law School Revamps Final Year, Will Med Schools Follow?

Aug 12, 2013

The New York Times reported that NYU Law School is planning to change its third-year curriculum to better prepare its graduates for the realities of legal practice today. In case you don’t know, law school graduates are having a...

The Impact of Poor Health Literacy in Patients with COPD

Aug 12, 2013

Health literacy has been defined as the ability to obtain, process, and understand the basic...

Increasing Efficiency With Mobile Tablet Computers

Aug 8, 2013

The ever-growing use of electronic health records (EHRs) and information needs of patients have...

Predicting Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions

Aug 7, 2013

Throughout the United States, readmission rates are increasingly being used for benchmarking...

What Rule Do We Comply With Least?

Aug 5, 2013

My vote goes to “translation.” The rule is that you must use a qualified medical interpreter for any interview or discussion with a patient who does not understand English. How is lack of understanding defined? It is...

Medication Adherence

Aug 4, 2013

The National Report Card on Adherence is based on an average of answers to questions on nine...

Data Standards for ACS & CAD

Aug 4, 2013

With the emergence of electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative and professional...

Managing Depression After Acute Coronary Syndrome

Aug 3, 2013

Each year, about 1.2 million Americans survive an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, many of...

Managing Children With Low-Risk Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Aug 2, 2013

Intra-abdominal injuries resulting from blunt torso trauma are a leading cause of morbidity in...

Selected Imaging Tests in the ED

Aug 2, 2013

The figure below shows the annual percentage of ED visits with selected imaging tests ordered or...

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Therapy: Supporting Patients

Aug 1, 2013

Data from the American Cancer Society estimate that 65,150 new cases of kidney cancer, including...

The ED’s Expanding Role in Hospital Admissions

Jul 31, 2013

Although research has focused heavily on increased use of EDs, little attention has been paid to the changing role that these facilities play in the entire healthcare system. In a study published in the New England Journal of...