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Factors including increases in health care service price and intensity are associated with increases in U.S. health care spending from 1996 to 2013

Increases in U.S. Health Spending Tied to Health Service Price

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Higher spending also linked to population growth and aging, negatively linked to disease incidence
There has been little change in the treatment recommendations for cough due to the common cold since publication of guidelines in 2006

Evidence Scant for Treatment of Cough With the Common Cold

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Update recommends against nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents for adults, codeine for children
For patients with acute severe bleeding

Delay in Tranexamic Acid Administration Reduces Benefit

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Survival benefit decreases by 10 percent for every 15-minute delay in treatment for severe bleeding
Physicians have two extra weeks to preview their 2016 performance information as a result of a mistake related to the Centers for Medicare &#amp; Medicaid Services' Physician Compare online resource

Doctors Have Extra Two Weeks to Preview Performance Data

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Due to technical issue with Physician Compare, CMS extending time frame for physicians to view data
Influenza vaccination in the pediatric emergency department setting appears to be a cost-effective strategy

Influenza Vaccines in Pediatric ERs Likely Cost-Effective

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Vaccinating all patients saves $33.51 per flu case averted, averages 27 fewer cases per 1,000 patients

The American College of Chest Physicians, Oct. 28-Nov. 1

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The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians The annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians...
Among cannabidiol (CBD) products sold online

Cannabidiol Concentration Varies Widely in Online Products

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Of 84 products sampled, 42.85 percent were underlabeled and 26.19 percent were overlabeled

The American College of Chest Physicians, Oct. 28-Nov. 1

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The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians The annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians...
Current practice is not cost-effective compared with the Air Medical Prehospital Triage score for trauma patients

Current Practice Not Cost-Effective for Air Medical Triage

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And field triage system undertriages more than 20 percent of severely injured trauma patients
Use of transradial access for ST-elevation myocardial infarction percutaneous coronary intervention increased from 2009 to 2015

’09 to ’15 Saw Increase in Transradial Access for STEMI PCI

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Significant geographic, operator, and institutional variation noted in utilization of TRA