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Eluxadoline for IBS-D
Eluxadoline demonstrated a modest but statistically significant greater ability to reach the primary endpoint and was generally well tolerated.
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Sexual Health Supplement Leads to Priapism
In addition to personal preferences, which often motivate patients to seek non-traditional treatments, the current high cost of FDA-approved pharmacologic treatments may motivate some individuals to seek much less expensive OTC remedies.
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Improving hand hygiene compliance with new technology
Web-based application produces big gains in compliance, significant reductions in healthcare-associated infections.
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Using swarm intelligence to boost the root cause analysis process and enhance patient safety
The key to the swarming approach is a blame-free environment and rock-solid support from hospital leadership.
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New policy changes regarding observation are boon to emergency medicine
The key lies in understanding how the changes affect coding, billing practices.
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Study: Drug shortages in emergency settings worsen; root causes unknown
Researchers call for thorough investigation into cause and urge aggressive solutions.
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CMS proposes prioritizing patient preferences, linking patients to follow-up care in discharge planning process
Emergency medicine clinicians are concerned that the infrastructure is not yet in place to facilitate successful implementation of proposed rule.
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Cleveland hospitals increase capacity, hire additional staff to help end ambulance diversion
Hospital leaders pledge to make a ban on diversions stick, but some outsiders question whether a voluntary pact will work.
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Commonly Missed Radiographic Findings
The practice of medicine involves judgment, the weighing of possibilities and probabilities. Even more so when interpreting radiographs.
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TJC, CDC collaborate on infection prevention project
The Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are collaborating on an initiative to disseminate CDC guidance related to infection prevention and control in ambulatory settings.