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Hepatitis C Screening Increasing Among Baby Boomers

Screening prevalence 11.5 to 12.8 percent; similar rate for cohort born from 1966 to 1985
Electronic health record usability may contribute to possible patient harm events

EHR Usability Contributes to Possible Patient Harm Events

Usability challenges mainly occur during order placement and medication administration
For patients with chronic hepatitis B virus

BMI Linked to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk in Chronic Hep B

Risk of HCC linked to BMI in a dose-response manner in men, women; stronger link for women
In a position paper published online March 27 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Ethical Duties ID’d for Short-Term Global Health Experiences

Physician's primary ethical obligation is to improve the health, well-being of individuals, communities
The Lean approach

Lean Approach May Help Tackle Burnout in Health Care Providers

Creation of a huddle board represents one method to address issues in a timely manner
Short-term proton pump inhibitor use

Short-Term PPIs Tied to Higher Hip Fracture Risk in Alzheimer’s

No association seen with long-term or cumulative proton pump inhibitor use in Alzheimer's patients
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors are associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease among patients with type 2 diabetes

Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors in T2DM Linked to IBD

Higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease with longer use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor
Despite the popularity

Unique Risks Associated With Texting Medical Orders

Institute of Safe Medication Practices indicates risks such as abbreviations, autocorrection
A new

Blueprint Being Developed to Address Physician Burnout

As part of blueprint, task force developing strategies that can be adopted by any institution/practice
Antibiotic treatment for Helicobacter pylori in patients who underwent endoscopic resection of early-stage gastric cancer or high-grade adenoma is associated with a reduced rate of metachronous gastric cancer

H. Pylori Treatment Tied to Lower Metachronous Gastric Cancer Risk

Those treated after early CA also had improvement in atrophy grade at gastric corpus lesser curvature