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Overlooking women in medicine can have far-reaching consequences

Gender Bias in Medicine Has Far-Reaching Consequences

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Exclusion of women from upper echelons of medicine may have real implications for patient care
A peer-based education program can improve the efficiency of electronic health record use

Peer-Led Education Helps Physicians Save Time With EHRs

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Peer-based education program, based on training implemented in SCPMG, can improve efficiency
Intratumoral infusion of recombinant nonpathogenic polio-rhinovirus chimera can be delivered safely and is tied to higher survival rates than those of historical controls

Polio-Rhinovirus Promising for Malignant Glioma Patients

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Intratumoral infusion appears to be safe, improve survival in those with grade IV malignant glioma
A patient experience officer is an increasingly important new role in physician practices

Patient Experience Officers Can Play Key Role in Medical Offices

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Officers ensure patients have a positive experience before, during, and after office visit
The American Medical Association House of Delegates has adopted policy to increase the number of people who obtain coverage through the Affordable Care Act by making marketplace plans more affordable.

AMA Aims to Boost Affordability of ACA Marketplace Plans

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Association addresses need for outreach to increase the number of people insured
From 2001 to 2015 there was a decrease in the percentage of health care professionals who are self-employed and a decrease in the earning gap between self-employed and employed health care professionals

2001 to 2015 Saw Decline in Self-Employment in Health Care

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Gap in earnings between self-employed and employed health care professionals also decreased
Apixaban seems to be the safest direct oral anticoagulant compared with warfarin

Apixaban Is Safest Direct Oral Anticoagulant Versus Warfarin

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Reduced risks of major, intracranial, and gastrointestinal bleeding compared with warfarin
The incidence of treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-SCNC) is 17 percent among patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Advanced Prostate Cancer Variant More Common Than Thought

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Incidence of tx-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer 17 percent among those with mCRPC
The attending surgeon is associated with variation in the receipt of genetic testing after breast cancer diagnosis

Attending Surgeon Influences Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer

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About one-third of surgeon variation explained by patient volume, surgeon attitudes to genetic testing
The error rate in speech recognition-assisted documentation is 7.4 percent

Error Rate 7.4 Percent in Speech Recognition-Assisted Notes

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Overall, 15.8 percent of errors at level of speech recognition-assisted notes involve clinical info