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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Patient Experiences of Smartphone EMA for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Patient Experiences of Smartphone EMA for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
The following is a summary of “Experiences and Perceptions of Using Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment for Reporting Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Symptoms,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Overton et al. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a...
Evaluating Advance Care Planning in a Healthcare Ecosystem: Insights from the Kaiser Permanente Experience
Evaluating Advance Care Planning in a Healthcare Ecosystem: Insights from the Kaiser Permanente Experience
The following is a summary of "Evolving Advance Care Planning in a Health Ecosystem: The Kaiser Permanente Experience," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Ngo et al. Advance care planning is crucial in providing comprehensive care...
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Most Patients Seen in Emergency Department for Pain Consume Few Opioids After Discharge
Most Patients Seen in Emergency Department for Pain Consume Few Opioids After Discharge
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid prescriptions following emergency department discharge should be adapted to specific acute pain conditions, according to a study presented at the annual European Emergency Medicine Congress, held from Sept. 17 to...
Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment
Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder who are prescribed a 24-mg dose are more likely to remain in treatment longer than those prescribed 16 mg, according to a study published online Sept....
Treatment Failure Similar for Amoxicillin +/− Clavulanate for Pediatric Acute Sinusitis
Treatment Failure Similar for Amoxicillin +/− Clavulanate for Pediatric Acute Sinusitis
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is no difference in the risk for treatment failure for outpatient children with acute sinusitis treated with amoxicillin-clavulanate compared with amoxicillin, according to a study published in the Sept. 19 issue...
Patient Experiences of Smartphone EMA for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Patient Experiences of Smartphone EMA for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
The following is a summary of “Experiences and Perceptions of Using Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment for Reporting Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Symptoms,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Overton et al. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a...
Evaluating Advance Care Planning in a Healthcare Ecosystem: Insights from the Kaiser Permanente Experience
Evaluating Advance Care Planning in a Healthcare Ecosystem: Insights from the Kaiser Permanente Experience
The following is a summary of "Evolving Advance Care Planning in a Health Ecosystem: The Kaiser Permanente Experience," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Ngo et al. Advance care planning is crucial in providing comprehensive care...
Most Patients Seen in Emergency Department for Pain Consume Few Opioids After Discharge
Most Patients Seen in Emergency Department for Pain Consume Few Opioids After Discharge
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid prescriptions following emergency department discharge should be adapted to specific acute pain conditions, according to a study presented at the annual European Emergency Medicine Congress, held from Sept. 17 to...
Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment
Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder who are prescribed a 24-mg dose are more likely to remain in treatment longer than those prescribed 16 mg, according to a study published online Sept....
Treatment Failure Similar for Amoxicillin +/− Clavulanate for Pediatric Acute Sinusitis
Treatment Failure Similar for Amoxicillin +/− Clavulanate for Pediatric Acute Sinusitis
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is no difference in the risk for treatment failure for outpatient children with acute sinusitis treated with amoxicillin-clavulanate compared with amoxicillin, according to a study published in the Sept. 19 issue...
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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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Armchair Exercise
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Soft Bones and Hard Arteries
Soft Bones and Hard Arteries
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Is Medical Crowdfunding a Sinew of the Healthcare Arena?
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...
Areas of Revenue Cycle Management That Require Significant Expertise
Areas of Revenue Cycle Management That Require Significant Expertise
Revenue cycle management (RCM) can be a tricky task for healthcare organizations. Certain elements of RCM in particular require more subject-matter expertise. According to a survey from AKASA, a leading healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) developer, coding,...
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