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Changes can be implemented to help reduce physician frustration with electronic health records

Suggestions Offered to Reduce Physician Frustration With EHRs

Eight suggestions include providing individualized optimization training to personalize EHR settings
New interns' intense and changing schedules take a toll on sleep

Interns’ Schedule Takes Toll on Sleep, Physical Activity, Mood

Findings based on eight-month evaluation of new interns using Fitbit activity trackers
The Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces covered a disproportionate share of non-elderly adults with high health care risks in the 2014 to 2015 time period

ACA Marketplaces Expand Coverage for Chronically Ill

Enrollees have more chronic conditions, health care use versus other privately insured individuals
Online physician reviews do not reflect patient satisfaction surveys

Online Doc Reviews Don’t Reflect Patient Satisfaction Surveys

No difference in Press Ganey PSS for physicians with versus those without negative online reviews
There is considerable variation in the quality of free-text patient directions in electronic prescriptions

Variations Identified in Free-Text Directions in E-Prescriptions

However, more than half of all prescriber's patient directions could be categorized into 25 concepts

March 2018 Briefing – Otolaryngology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Otolaryngology for March 2018. This roundup includes the latest...
Implementation of the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines on surgery for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma was associated with a significant decrease in the rates of both up-front total thyroidectomy and completion thyroidectomy

Thyroidectomy Rates Lower After Guideline Implementation

Up-front total, completion thyroidectomy rates fell after guidelines on thyroid CA surgery implemented
A previously unrecognized interstitium has been identified in human tissues

Novel Interstitium Has Been Identified in Human Tissues

Structure demonstrated to be part of the submucosa, supported by network of thick collagen bundles
The durations of most courses of antibiotic therapy for adult outpatients with sinusitis exceed guideline recommendations

Duration of Antibiotics Often Exceeds Guidelines for Sinusitis

More than 90 percent of non-azithromycin antibiotic courses were 10 days or longer for acute sinusitis
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