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Society for Vascular Medicine; Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVM/SVU) July 15, 2020 -The first consensus-based nomenclature for arterial and venous waveforms has been published online first today in Vascular Medicine (VMJ) and the…

Opinion article by Lord David BlunkettCredit: UK Parliament Lord David Blunkett has argued that a lack of funding for the UK civil service, combined with a lack of trust for an "underfunded" local government prevented effective…

Patients with gastrointestinal disorders -- such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and constipation -- have greater symptom relief and improved wellbeing when treated at multidisciplinary clinics, new research shows Patients with…

Joint initiative council members include prominent standards organizationsCredit: Joint Initiative Council for Global Health Informatics Standardization INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC®, the international health data standard created and…

What The Study Did: The outcomes of universal COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in 11 long-term care facilities in the U.S. are evaluated in this observational study. Authors: Morgan J. Katz, M.D,, M.H.S., of the…

Improving Equity Through Primary Care: Proceedings of the 2019 Toronto International Conference on Quality in Primary Care In November 2019, clinicians, health administrators, educators and researchers from around the world gathered in…

Transforming primary care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: a collaborative quality improvement initiative This report--describing the first national quality improvement collaborative focused on providing culturally…

Characteristics of family medicine residency graduates, 1994-2017: An update This study provides an overview of the characteristics of physicians who completed family medicine residency training from 1994 to 2017. It serves to update the…

Understanding barriers to and facilitators of case management in primary care: A systematic review and thematic synthesis While multiple recent studies have provided evidence of the benefits of case management, primary care teams have…

Participation in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative This study analyzes patterns of participation in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus initiative which is the largest voluntary primary care payment and delivery reform model…

Development and validation of a county-level social determinants of health risk assessment tool for cardiovascular disease The authors of this study developed a single risk score derived from multiple social determinants of health that…

Webinar is first in ongoing series hosted by leading cardiovascular societies Join the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) for a webinar on Saturday, July 18, focusing on the challenges…

Using machine learning to predict primary care and advance workforce research Until recently, economists, policy makers and workforce experts have relied on outdated and inaccurate snapshots of the U.S. physician workforce, making it…

Engineers offering new service to evaluate particle filtration, flow resistanceCredit: Larry Walther, SwRI The Particle Science and Technology Laboratory at Southwest Research Institute has expanded its services to include mask…

Inappropriate antibiotic allergy documentation in health records: A qualitative study on family physicians' and pharmacists' experiences Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications, but in determining the most…

Redesigning primary care to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the midst of the pandemic The authors present a roadmap for necessary primary care practice transformations to care for patients and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

An opportunity to emphasize equity, social determinants, and prevention in primary care University of Michigan public health experts Julia Wolfson and Cindy Leung argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has made glaringly apparent the structural…

The results highlight the need to improve access to more specific diagnostic tests in low-income settings Barcelona, July 14, 2020-. An analysis of a series of maternal deaths in Maputo's central hospital, in Mozambique, reveals a major…

Research published today has found that Australians strongly believe paramedics deserve a work environment free from the threat of physical harm, but when it comes to the risk of infectious disease, it's complicated.Credit: Pixabay …

-- But there is still an opportunity to substantially reduce the death toll by prioritising the most critical services, specifically antiretroviral therapy for HIV, timely TB diagnosis and treatment, and provision of long-lasting…