Cheap Hearing Aids Work Far Better When an Expert Helps You Fit Them
A large randomized trial in China found that older adults who received physician or remote audiologist support gained significantly more ...
Tag: primary care
Patients Redesign the Questions Hospitals Ask About Their Social Needs
At Boston Medical Center, 37 patients speaking English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole co-designed a social needs screening tool, revealing that ...
Team-Based Message Protocols Ease the EHR Inbox Burden on Primary Care Doctors
A large quality improvement study found that embedding standardized message-handling protocols for medical assistants and nurses modestly reduced the share ...
Why Young Doctors in Rural China Plan to Leave: Leadership and Family Life Hold the Key
A qualitative study of 26 rural-oriented medical students in Guangxi, China, finds that only about 23 percent intend to stay ...
Marginalization and Missing Primary Care Linked to Early Death in Metastatic Breast Cancer
An Ontario study of more than 4,000 patients found that social marginalization and lack of a primary care provider significantly ...
Heart Disease Risk in Transgender Adults Remains Dangerously Understudied, Researchers Warn
A new perspective in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that transgender adults face elevated cardiovascular disease risk regardless ...
When Doctors Talk, Patients Get Screened: Communication Gaps Drive Colorectal Cancer Disparities
A new cross-sectional study of Black and Hispanic primary care patients finds that patient-centered communication, health literacy, age, and race ...
EHR Algorithm Boosts Latent TB Screening Under California’s New Law
A UC San Diego Health team built an EHR algorithm to meet California's new latent TB screening mandate, driving a ...
Inside the Teams That Keep High-Risk Patients Out of the Hospital
A multisite VA evaluation finds that intensive primary care teams perform care coordination activities that map cleanly onto all nine ...
Months on a waiting list: GPs become the safety net for teens in mental health limbo
A national survey of 190 Australian GPs finds teenagers wait nearly two months for psychologists and four months for psychiatrists, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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