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Practicing physicians might not understand their legal responsibilities when caring for people with disability

Doctors Unclear on Legal Obligations in Caring for Patients With Disability

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Doctors report having little formal training, have incorrect understanding of care for patients with disability
Uninsured patients and Medicaid beneficiaries with acute pulmonary diseases have higher odds of interhospital transfer

Discharge, Interhospital Transfer Varies With Insurance Status

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Uninsured patients more likely to be discharged, transferred versus privately insured patients
Intake of omega-3 and omega-6 is associated with pediatric asthma morbidity and may modify the response to indoor particulate matter

Dietary Fatty Acid Intake Linked to Pediatric Asthma Morbidity

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Omega fatty acid intake also modifies effect of indoor PM exposure on respiratory symptoms
From 2012 to 2017

Perception of E-Cigarettes as More Harmful Than Cigarettes Increased

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Increase observed in proportion who see e-cigarettes to be as harmful as, more harmful than cigarettes
Physicians with one or more paid malpractice claims are more likely to leave practice or shift into smaller practice settings

Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine

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Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice
Team leaders who wear a blindfold during pediatric resuscitation simulation-based training show improved leadership skills compared with standard training teams

Blindfolding Leader Improves Pediatric Resuscitation Training

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After five simulations, improvement in leadership skills was twice as high in blindfold group as in control group
For patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Radiomic Features May Predict Response to Chemo in NSCLC

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Peritumoral, intratumoral radiomic features on baseline CT scans may predict chemo response
The 2019 healthiest community in America is Douglas County

Douglas County, Colorado, Ranked as Healthiest Community

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Seven of top 20 communities were in Colorado; nearly all adults in these counties exercise
The 2019 Main Residency Match was the largest in history

2019 Residency Match Day Was Largest in History

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Internal medicine programs offered a record 8,116 categorical, 396 primary care positions
Communication

Practices for Reducing COPD Hospital Readmissions Explored

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Communication emphasized as well as consideration of readmission as proxy for other health factors