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Patients suffering from severe irritable bowel syndrome often have negative experiences of health care encounters

Patients With IBS Often Have Negative Health Care Encounters

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Patients actively navigate such professional discourse by presenting a counternarrative
Among Medicare patients

Public Reporting Doesn’t Improve Mortality Rates

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Public reporting linked to slowing in the ongoing decline in mortality rate among Medicare patients
The relationship between transformational leadership and sickness absenteeism is complex

Transformational Leadership Predicts Next Year Absenteeism

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Presenteeism in year one moderates link between transformational leadership, sickness in year three
A new communication toolkit created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help health care organizations and providers communicate with patients and families when harm occurs to patients.

AHRQ Communication Toolkit Can Help After Patient Harm Occurs

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Toolkit helps patients, families, clinicians, and administrators discuss what happened
For patients receiving cephalexin monotherapy for non-purulent cellulitis

Cephalexin Failure Rate Similar for Morbidly Obese, Non-Obese

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No difference in rate of therapeutic failure for morbidly obese, non-obese patients with cellulitis
A decision tool (dual antiplatelet therapy [DAPT] score) improves risk prediction for continued DAPT beyond assessment of myocardial infarction history

DAPT Score Improves Risk Prediction of Continued DAPT

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Score improves prediction of benefit and harm for continued DAPT therapy beyond MI history alone
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Glucocorticoid Use Ups Diabetes Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Risk influenced by dosage and duration of treatment for glucocorticoid use in past six months
The American Society for Clinical Oncology has developed guidelines for the management and palliative care of women with invasive cervical cancer. The clinical practice guideline was published online May 25 in the Journal of Global Oncology.

ASCO Develops Recommendations for Invasive Cervical Cancer Care

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Most effective evidence-based antitumor and palliative care interventions should be provided
Betrixaban may be beneficial versus enoxaparin in acutely ill medical patients

Possible Benefit Found for Betrixaban in Acutely Ill

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No significant difference versus enoxaparin in prespecified primary efficacy outcome
Providing inpatients with an educational booklet before colonoscopy improves the odds of achieving adequate bowel preparation

Educational Booklet Improves Bowel Preparation for Inpatients

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Odds of achieving adequate bowel preparation increased for those receiving educational booklet