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Sharing of passwords to access electronic medical records is common among medical staff members

Sharing Passwords Is Widespread Among Medical Staff

Almost three-fourths of survey respondents report having used a colleague's password to access EMRs
For patients undergoing left colon and rectal cancer resections

Oral Antibiotics Cut Risk of SSI in Colorectal CA Resection

Adding antibiotics to mechanical bowel preparation linked to reduced rate of surgical site infection
Female physicians are more burned out than their male colleagues

Female Physicians May Be Especially at Risk of Burnout

They tend to deal with psychosocial care more than male colleagues but can take steps to reduce stress
Based on data from mouse models and humans

Gastric Acid Suppression May Promote Liver Injury

Expansion of intestinal Enterococcus faecalis in mice exacerbates ethanol-induced liver disease
Internal medicine patients are frequently prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)

Screening Tools Identify Potentially Inappropriate Meds

However, substantial proportion of PIMS identified in internal medicine ward are not clinically relevant
'Liquid biopsy' technology holds promise for diagnosing

‘Liquid Biopsy’ Shows Promise for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

DNA methylation markers show effectiveness for diagnosis and predicting prognosis
Much of the total potentially preventable spending for Medicare beneficiaries is concentrated among frail elderly individuals

Potentially Preventable Spending Concentrated in Frail Elderly

Variation in preventable spending across Medicare subpopulations; 43.9 percent of total in frail elderly
Most female physicians have been sexually harassed by patients at some point in their careers

Most Female Physicians Have Faced Sexist Patient Comments

Sexual harassment by patients can negatively affect physician-patient relationship, quality of care
Online consumer ratings of specialist physicians do not predict objective measures of quality of care or peer assessment of clinical performance

Online Ratings Not Aligned With Objective Quality Measures

In addition, consumer ratings are consistent across platforms for specialist physicians
For patients using chronic opioids

ACG: Diphenhydramine Ups Sedation in Chronic Opioid Users

Improvement in sedation scores for patients using chronic opioids scheduled to undergo colonoscopy