Medical Boards May Contribute to Mental Health Stigma for Doctors
Existing policy amended to encourage only current mental health disclosures
Drop in Osteoporosis Treatment Initiation After Hip Fracture
Adherence to regimen needed to cut subsequent fracture risk
July 28 Is World Hepatitis Day
The awareness day promotes the need to scale up testing, treatment activities
Cross-Continuum Communication Beneficial After Discharge
Hospitals should have strong processes for communicating with post-acute-care providers
Assessing, Improving Patient Satisfaction Cuts Malpractice Risk
Patient satisfaction can be improved by reducing long wait times, improving communication
Late-Life Blood Pressure Tied to Higher Number of Brain Infarcts
Odds of having one or more infarcts also increased with more rapidly declining SBP slope over time
Insurers May Be Underpaying Doctors
Practices need to incorporate efforts to double check reimbursement against contracts
Steroid Abuse Put 60-Year-Old Bodybuilder in the Hospital
Patient was eventually diagnosed with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
Use of 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines Would Increase HTN Prevalence
Adoption of the guidelines would label more than half of 45- to 75-year-olds as having hypertension
Majority of Those in Residential Care Have Advance Directives
Geographical differences seen, with percentage of residents with directives ranging from 65% to 88%
