Study shows family medicine physicians face many barriers to providing medical abortions
What prevents family medicine physicians from providing medical abortions for patients who need them? This is a question that UC ...
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Almost 1 in 4 physicians experience workplace mistreatment, mostly from patients and visitors
BOSTON – According to new research from Boston Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine, almost a quarter of ...
Artificial intelligence helps physicians better assess the effectiveness of bladder cancer treatment
In a small but multi-institutional study, an artificial intelligence-based system improved providers’ assessments of whether patients with bladder cancer had ...
Physicians working in physician-owned practices more likely to be satisfied with their electronic health records
Despite having benefits for information exchange and patient safety, electronic health records (EHR) have had drawbacks for daily practice and ...
Communication between physicians, patients regarding electronic cigarette use
What The Study Did: This survey study that included more than 2,000 physicians assessed what they communicate and recommend to ...
New ASNC/SNMMI training course helps physicians meet U.S. requirements for handling medical radioisotopes
Today, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) released a new ...
Across specialties, female physicians spend more time on electronic health records than men
A new retrospective study from the Brigham’s Department of Medicine analyzed how the time spent working on Electronic Health Records ...
Hospital-affiliated doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics through telehealth than third-party physicians
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for telemedicine boomed – increasing 63-fold among Medicare users alone from approximately 840,000 telehealth visits in ...
Prize-winning work informs who is most at-risk from COVID-19, so physicians could tailor treatment
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a frightening reality; the course of infection with this disease is highly variable. Some young ...
Patient experience ratings valuable for all physicians — Especially radiologists
Leesburg, VA, February 24, 2022—According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), online patient experience ratings provide ...
Most physicians paid by volume, despite push for quality and value
Despite efforts by insurance companies and other payers to move toward compensating physicians based on the quality and value of ...
Gender disparities may be widening for physicians due to COVID-19
As people transitioned to working from home at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, journal submissions from academics increased across ...
CU researchers survey physicians on experiences providing medical aid in dying
In 2016, Colorado voters approved a new state law that provided medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. This ...
Study shows troubling lack of knowledge by physicians about the Americans with Disabilities Act
BOSTON – More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), most physicians still lack ...
David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP, becomes the 84th President of the American College of Chest Physicians
Effective January 1, David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP, is the new President of the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST). Doreen ...
Physicians over-relying on a commonly used laboratory test can miss liver cirrhosis
A recent study at the Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Digestive Disease Research Core Center (DDRCC) provides insight into why physicians ...
Youth with autism spectrum disorder should be screened for abnormal cholesterol levels, physicians recommend
BALTIMORE, December 7, 2021 – Physicians at Kennedy Krieger Institute recommend that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) receive screening for ...
State-of-the-art technology will allow physicians to identify patients who are at risk for serious illness ahead of time
Saving lives with artificial intelligenceCredit: Corinna Kern Saving lives with artificial intelligence State-of-the-art technology will allow physicians to identify patients ...
Male physicians refer patients to male surgeons at disproportionate rates, study shows
A study that analyzed nearly 40 million referrals to surgeons in Ontario found male physicians disproportionately refer patients to male ...
First-in-world heart implant: Woman receives novel type of artificial heart at UofL Health — Jewish Hospital by University of Louisville physicians
EDITOR’S NOTE: Media are invited to a virtual news conference Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time via Zoom ...
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Charging a green future: Latest advancement in lithium-ion batteries could make them ubiquitous
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Resolution time of COVID vaccine-related lymphadenopathy
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Long-hypothesized ‘next generation wonder material’ created for first time
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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What the new Jurassic Park movie gets wrong: Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur.
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Venous thromboembolism: Less recurrencies with low-dose apixaban compared to discontinuation of the anticoagulant after negative D-dimer