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Surgical residents feel strongly that personal financial education should be offered during medical training

Most Surgical Residents Want Financial Education

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Large majority of surgical residents surveyed had a moderate- or high-risk debt-to-asset ratio
Older adults prefer explanations about stopping cancer screening that emphasize the shift to focus on other health issues

Time to Stop Cancer Screenings: What Do Patients Want to Hear?

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Older adults prefer explanations that emphasize the shift to focus on other health issues
National Provider Identifiers are vulnerable to identity theft

National Provider Identifiers Are Vulnerable to Theft

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Providers can take steps to prevent NPI identity theft and resulting health care fraud
Adhering to a "secure

Strategy Outlined for Shooter Incident in Health Care Facility

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Adhering to 'secure, preserve, fight' strategy recommended for areas with vulnerable patients
Catch-up doses of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination are effective for girls and women aged 14 to 20 years at the time of first dose

Catch-Up HPV Doses Effective to Age 21 Against Cervical Neoplasia

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But catch-up doses not effective against CIN for women who initiated vaccination at 21 to 26 years
Workers in small firms are more likely to have higher deductible levels and lack employer contributions to help pay for out-of-pocket expenses compared to workers in larger firms

Advantages for HDHP Enrollees in Large Versus Small Firms

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More than twice as many HDHP enrollees in small versus large firms lack employer-funded accounts
Rural and urban cancer patients with uniform care access through participation in a SWOG (formerly the Southwest Oncology Group) treatment trial have similar outcomes

Similar Outcomes for Rural, Urban Cancer Patients in SWOG Trials

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Few differences between rural, urban patients in cancer outcomes with uniform access to cancer care
Data breaches can happen to small medical practices

Small Practices Also at Risk for Data Breaches

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Practices should conduct risk analysis to evaluate product deficiencies, create corrective measures
For patients with melanoma and untreated brain metastases

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab Shows Efficacy for Untreated Brain Mets

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Findings from open-label, phase 2 study in patients with melanoma and untreated brain metastases
Sentinel lymph node mapping has the lowest costs and highest quality-adjusted survival compared to both routine and selective lymphadenectomy for managing low-risk endometrial carcinoma

Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping Most Cost-Effective for Uterine CA

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Findings compared to routine, selective lymphadenectomy for low-risk endometrial cancer