Organizational Changes Encouraged for Safer Prescribing
Doctors describe swimming against tide of patient expectations, Rx culture, organizational constraints
Female Physicians Found More Likely to Leave Rural Practice
Higher county-level mobility for counties with smaller population size, lower PCP supply
~10 Percent Present to ER After Hysterectomy for Benign Disease
Risk factors include younger age, higher parity, Medicare or self-pay insurance, postoperative pain
Empowerment Linked to HRQoL in Teen, Young Adult CA Survivors
Empowerment associated with physical, psychological, social, religious, and total HRQoL
Opioids Often Overprescribed in Patients Undergoing Surgery
Significant variation in opioid prescribing practices for each of 25 common elective procedures
Maternal Uncontrolled Asthma Ups Risk of Asthma in Offspring
Association seen for early-onset persistent and transient asthma in children
Stem Cell Educator Therapy May Help Fight Diabetes
Stem cell therapy provided at least 4 years' benefit for some people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
AAIC: One Social Hour a Week in Dementia Care Improves Lives
Good staff training improves patients' quality of life, lowers costs, researchers say
Change to Cervical Screening Guidelines Impacted Chlamydia
Reduction in chlamydia testing, drop in reported incidence of chlamydia after changes in screening
Early Career Burnout Can Be Contagious Via Social Networks
One-unit increase in mean social network members' burnout levels tied to 0.21-unit increase in burnout
