iADL Dependency May Up Mortality in Hematologic Cancers
Instrumental activities of daily living dependency, mortality linked in seniors with hematologic cancer
Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions
Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks
Some Patients With Imminently Fatal Cancer Undergo Treatment
Variation seen in treatment by cancer type, age, insurance, and facility type
Reasons for TKI Discontinuation ID’d in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Treatment-free remission maintained in 14 of 21 patients who discontinued tyrosine kinase inhibitors
American College of Physicians, April 11-13
The American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from April...
Female Radiation Oncologists Receive Lower Medicare Reimbursement
Compared with male counterparts, they submit fewer charges and are reimbursed less
Colorectal Neoplasia Risk Up for Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors
Prevalence higher for advanced adenomas, advanced serrated lesions, serrated polyposis syndrome
Standardizing Demographics Ups Accuracy of Patient Matching
Standardization of address and last name improved sensitivity from 81.3 to 91.6 percent
Terminally Ill People in New Jersey Given Right to End Lives
New law allows adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live to get a prescription for life-ending pills
CDC Clarifies Guideline on Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain
Clarification pertains to opioid prescribing for cancer patients, cancer survivors, sickle cell disease
