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Personal communication improves handoffs
These are some of the primary changes made to improve the safety of patient handoffs at Akron (OH) Children’s Hospital:
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Corporate negligence can complicate med mal
Claims of corporate negligence can increase the stakes in a malpractice case, as plaintiffs seek the deeper pockets of the employer who hired and allowed a supposedly deficient healthcare provider to injure a patient. -
ONC: Electronic health records improve patient safety
Electronic health records (EHRs) can improve patient safety, raise care quality, and reduce potentially serious medical errors, according to a statement from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for healthcare technology. -
Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a common reason for referral to infectious disease specialists. For the past few decades the standard therapy in the United States has been isoniazid for 9 months. -
ID Grand Rounds — Stanford: Female, 52, with Fever and Progressive Weakness
A 52-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented to Stanford Hospital in July, 2014, with fever and progressive weakness. She had been in her usual state of health until the day prior to admission, when she began to feel fatigued with subjective fevers and “restless legs.” -
Dalbavancin — Formulary Considerations
Dalbavancin is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic for intravenous administration with activity against Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus that is distinguished by its extraordinarily long serum half-life that allows once weekly dosing. -
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic Use in Infancy Sets Table for Early Childhood Obesity
From 2001 to 2013, Bailey and colleagues studied 65,480 children in a primary care network affiliated with Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania that covered urban and suburban parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. -
Infectious Disease Updates
Declining rates of response to standard treatment for non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) may prompt changes in accepted treatment strategies. -
Neuropsychological Assessment Reduces False Positives in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Synopsis: Traditional comprehensive neuropsychological testing has greater reliability, sensitivity, and specificity than bedside screening tests in the accurate diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. -
Role of Neurologists and Diagnostic Tests in the Management of DSP
Synopsis: Using the clinical history and simple, inexpensive laboratory tests, community-based outpatient neurologists were able to determine the cause of distal symmetric polyneuropathy in three-fourths of patients presenting with typical symptoms.