Articles Tagged With:
-
Don’t View Patient Complaints as Annoyances
Unsolicited complaints are ‘nuggets of gold’ and valuable risk reduction tools for EDs.
-
No Margin, No Mission
Whether based on strong evidence or not, it is believed that experience of care drives market share and that market drives the bottom line.
-
Obama Goes to Bat for ‘Public Option’
Nixed during initial ACA negotiations, president seeks to enhance signature legislative achievement.
-
A Review of the Limping Child and Painful Hip
MONOGRAPH: A focus on on the minor musculoskeletal trauma and atraumatic causes of limp and hip pain in the pediatric population.
-
HPV Vaccines: Why Are We Failing to Vaccinate so Many of Our Adolescents?
Given that this cancer is such a world health problem and the cost of screening is large and unreliable, HPV vaccines should substantially reduce the incidence and cost of both screening for and treating hrHPV-related diseases.
-
What Is the Best Way to Perform a Paracervical Block?
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: A randomized, controlled trial of first-trimester suction D&C procedures.
-
Factor V Leiden Mutation and Combined Hormonal Contraception? Is Thrombosis Risk Acceptable?
A meta-analysis of cohort studies supports that women with mild thrombophilias like heterozygote Factor V Leiden mutation can use combined hormonal contraception if other reliable methods are not acceptable.
-
Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes: When to Deliver?
A recent large multicenter, randomized clinical trial has shown that delivering patients with premature preterm rupture of membranes at 34 weeks, rather than pursuing a watchful waiting approach until 37 weeks, does not afford greater protection against neonatal sepsis.
-
Medicaid Expansion Report Issued
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a report summarizing previous research on how the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act has made healthcare more accessible and affordable for eligible low-income adults.
-
How to Respond to Clinicians’ Complaints About Delays in Registration
“How come you are asking so many questions? I need you to register this person now!” While well-meaning, such statements made by clinicians often are unfounded.