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Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination
Experience of mistreatment or discrimination by patients, families, visitors independently linked with higher odds of burnout
One in Seven Nonelderly Adults Have Past-Due Medical Debt
Of these individuals, nearly three-quarters owe some money to hospitals
Smaller Racial Gap in Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Drop in survival differences due to elimination of racial differences in acute resuscitation survival
Collaboration Between Med Students Cuts Diagnostic Errors
Diagnostic accuracy higher for pairs than individuals assessing cases of respiratory distress
U.S. Health Care Spending Increased in 2014
Increase in 2014 followed five consecutive years of historically low health care spending
Abnormalities Detected on Brain MRI of COVID-19 Patients in ICU
Acute findings reported for 44 percent of those with neurological symptoms who underwent brain MRI
Nine Texas Mayors Ask Governor for Power to Mandate Face Masks
Growing number of studies show face masks reduce the spread of the new coronavirus
Physician Burnout Rates Vary by Medical Specialty
Nearly half of those in critical care, neurology, family medicine, ob-gyn, internal medicine report burnout
Untreated Oral Infection Not Tied to Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes
Untreated oral infections pretransplant not linked to post-HSCT survival during six-month follow-up
Prophylactic Azithromycin Benefit Lasts After Lung Transplant
Reduced chronic lung allograft dysfunction for patients receiving prophylactic azithromycin
