Practices Should Be Aware of Correct Way to Fire Employees
Practices should be aware of basic employment laws in their state, which vary with number of employees
Liver-Kidney Recipients Have Donor-Specific Hypo-Responses
Unique characteristics ID'd in peripheral blood cells of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant recipients
Potentially Inappropriate Meds Use Prevalent in Cancer Patients
But baseline potentially inappropriate medication use has no correlation with most poor clinical outcomes
New Clinic Satisfaction Tool Provides Real-Time Feedback
Also improves communication and satisfaction between physicians and patients
Saturday Is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Unused medications can be dropped off at local collection sites between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Improvement in Race-Based Disparities in Years of Life Lost
Decline in race-based disparities in years of life lost seen in the United States from 1990 to 2014
IBD Associated With Increased Incidence of Parkinson’s Disease
Patients with IBD who were exposed to anti-TNF therapy had a significant decrease in incidence of PD
Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
Alcohol Intake May Influence Oral Microbiome Composition
Heavy drinkers most at risk; microbial diversity, profile differ in wine drinkers versus non-drinkers
American College of Physicians, April 19-21
The American College of Physicians: Internal Medicine Meeting The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from April 19...