The following is a summary of "Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of Integrated Musculoskeletal Pain Management Programs: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study," published in the May 2023 issue of Pain by Lentz et al. Integrated pain...
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Utilizing Design Thinking for Fostering GOC Discussions with Seriously Ill Patients
Utilizing Design Thinking for Fostering GOC Discussions with Seriously Ill Patients
The following is a summary of "Using Design Thinking to Promote Goals of Care Conversations With Seriously Ill Patients," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Casarett et al. Conversations regarding goals of care (GOC) can...
Challenges in Multisite Advance Care Planning Trial
Challenges in Multisite Advance Care Planning Trial
The following is a summary of "Implementation Challenges for a Multisite Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial: Lessons Learned," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Sudore et al. Researchers identified crucial system-level...
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Exploring the Global Connection Between Sleep and Migraine
Exploring the Global Connection Between Sleep and Migraine
The following is a summary of “Investigating the relationship between sleep and migraine in a global sample: a Bayesian cross-sectional approach,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Stanyer et al. Sleep and migraine are linked in both directions, but...
SHARING Choices: Insights from an ACP Intervention
SHARING Choices: Insights from an ACP Intervention
The following is a summary of "SHARING Choices: Lessons Learned from a Primary-Care Focused Advance Care Planning Intervention," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Colburn et al. There have been limited instances of scaling...
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is superior to a matched education treatment in reducing the interfering effects of pain and other aspects of fibromyalgia, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Arthritis...
Utilizing Design Thinking for Fostering GOC Discussions with Seriously Ill Patients
Utilizing Design Thinking for Fostering GOC Discussions with Seriously Ill Patients
The following is a summary of "Using Design Thinking to Promote Goals of Care Conversations With Seriously Ill Patients," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Casarett et al. Conversations regarding goals of care (GOC) can...
Challenges in Multisite Advance Care Planning Trial
Challenges in Multisite Advance Care Planning Trial
The following is a summary of "Implementation Challenges for a Multisite Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial: Lessons Learned," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Sudore et al. Researchers identified crucial system-level...
Exploring the Global Connection Between Sleep and Migraine
Exploring the Global Connection Between Sleep and Migraine
The following is a summary of “Investigating the relationship between sleep and migraine in a global sample: a Bayesian cross-sectional approach,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Stanyer et al. Sleep and migraine are linked in both directions, but...
SHARING Choices: Insights from an ACP Intervention
SHARING Choices: Insights from an ACP Intervention
The following is a summary of "SHARING Choices: Lessons Learned from a Primary-Care Focused Advance Care Planning Intervention," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Colburn et al. There have been limited instances of scaling...
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Helps Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is superior to a matched education treatment in reducing the interfering effects of pain and other aspects of fibromyalgia, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Arthritis...
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Medical Fiction: Ronald and the Vassal’s Vessel
Medical Fiction: Ronald and the Vassal’s Vessel
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would appeal most to readers who enjoy the inexorable pull of a story arc...
What Does Negligence Really Mean?
What Does Negligence Really Mean?
Any discussion with doctors about avoiding liability for malpractice is hampered from the start because “negligence” is a very charged term. It conjures up images of a slipshod and blundering individual and so doctors understandably immediately become resistant....
Medical Fiction: Knitter Nikka and the Knacker
Medical Fiction: Knitter Nikka and the Knacker
Vascular surgeon Nikka loves metalwork and knitting. Her hobbies come in handy during a run-in with Jeremy, whose privileged life unraveled after his dad died.
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How Physicians Can Prepare for a Potential Economic Depression
How Physicians Can Prepare for a Potential Economic Depression
To curb inflation and turbulent markets, the US Federal Reserve has marked 2023 with rising interest rates. This economic climate has many financial experts apprehensive about a possible recession. According to Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator poll of...
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Is Medical Crowdfunding a Sinew of the Healthcare Arena?
A Medscape article reported on a 2023 JAMA Neurology study in that found medical crowdfunding, the practice of creating digital campaigns to raise money for health-related expenses, for neurologic disorders surged within 9 years at a yearly average rate of 44%. Of...
How to Handle Patients Who Leave Against Medical Advice
How to Handle Patients Who Leave Against Medical Advice
Risk and reward are inherent to providing medical care. As such, it is essential that patients understand all potential outcomes when making personal healthcare decisions, including the decision to forgo care against medical advice (AMA). According to medical...
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