Patients Prefer Doctors Who Engage in Face-to-Face Visits
Patients perceive F2F physicians as more compassionate and better communicators
Celecoxib Lowers Opioid Use Post Head & Neck Cancer Surgery
Decreased opioid use seen after head and neck cancer surgery with free tissue reconstruction
Hearing Aids May Mitigate Cognitive Decline, Memory Loss
Use of hearing aids tied to better episodic memory scores in longitudinal study
Most Smokers With Head and Neck Cancer Have Tried to Quit
Eighty-eight percent of patients had made at least one attempt to quit; mean of 6.6 lifetime attempts
Nonoptimized Drug Therapy Costs More Than $500 Billion Annually
After initial Rx use, average cost of individual having treatment failure, new medical problem over $2,000
Recommendations Developed on Gender Equity in Medicine
ACP supports equitable physician compensation based on comparable work at each stage of career
Workplace Noise Exposure Affects Cardiovascular Risk Factors
High BP, elevated cholesterol, hearing problems more common among workers exposed to loud noise
Recent Years Saw Increase in Burden of Prior Authorization
Ninety-two percent of physicians report PA-associated delays in patient access to care
Considerable Differences in Burden of Disease at State Level
Increasing burden of various diseases depending on state; overall death rates declined
Suggestions Offered to Reduce Physician Frustration With EHRs
Eight suggestions include providing individualized optimization training to personalize EHR settings
