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A guide has been developed to assist physicians considering joining a physician-led integrated health system

Guide Offers Doctors Tips for Choosing a Health System

New guide helps clinicians considering joining physician-led integrated health systems
Patients treated at hospitals that attain a high rate of negative margins and lymph node yields of at least 18 have improved survival after surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

Negative Margins, Lymph Node Yields Predict Survival

Can be used as metrics for hospitals performing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma surgery
The 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System and the 2016 annual Quality and Resource Use reports have been released for individuals and group practices

2016 Physician Quality Reporting System Reports Available

Physicians should review reports to know whether they are subject to 2018 PQRS payment adjustment
Communication-and-resolution program experiences are positive overall for a small majority of patients and families

Injured Patients Want More Info on Safety Improvement Efforts

Eighteen of 30 patients and family members reported the CRP experience to be positive overall
Nocebo hyperalgesia is stronger when an inert treatment is labeled as being an expensive medication rather than a cheap one

Stronger Nocebo Effect When Inert Rx Labeled As Expensive

Neural interactions between cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord mediate this effect
Causes of primary liver cancer differ widely among populations globally

Liver Cancer Remains a Major Public Health Burden Globally

Findings can be used to guide liver cancer prevention efforts
Most cancer drugs that enter the market in Europe have no evidence of benefit for survival or quality of life

Most Cancer Drugs Approved in Europe Show No Survival Benefit

Even in the postmarketing period, half of cancers have no evidence of significant survival gain
Engaging in abusive supervisory behavior may be associated with short-term beneficial effects

Short-Lived Benefits for Abusive Supervisory Behavior

Positive indirect effect on work engagement via recovery level, which is short-lived
The cobas Zika test has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- the first approved screening test to detect the Zika virus in blood donations.

First Test to Detect Zika in Blood Donations Approved

Not designed to diagnose the infection, however
Physicians are delaying retirement

Reasons Physicians Are Delaying Retirement Vary

Many older physicians feel that they are providing a useful service, desire part-time or occasional work