Strategies Provided for Maximizing Payment
Intake forms should remind patients of their responsibility for paying bills, collection costs
Acupuncture Effective for Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Children
Less pain, analgesic drug consumption for children treated with acupuncture, standard analgesics
AANS: Three-Month Spine Surgery Outcomes Not Predictive
Correlation, but no prediction of 12-month outcomes after lumbar spine sx for degenerative disease
AANS: Pre-Op Working Status Predicts Return-to-Work
Pre-op working status is strongest predictor of post-op working status for lumbar discectomy patients
Five ‘Top Issues’ to Be Discussed at AMA Medical Student Forum
Issues include vaccination, Medicaid expansion, health care economics, loans, opioid epidemic
April 2015 Briefing – Pain Management
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for April 2015. This roundup includes the...
Cognitive Therapy for Insomnia Reduces Pain in Knee OA
CBT-I linked to reductions in pain; greater decrease for CBT-I than behavioral desensitization
Buprenorphine Given in ER Benefits Opioid Dependent
Works better than simple referrals in opioid-dependent patients, researchers say
Hydroxyurea Underutilized for Patients With Sickle Cell
Only 23 percent using the drug within a year of their last pain crisis
CDC: Surveillance System Can Help Reduce Health Care Injuries
Nurse assistants and nurses found to have highest injury rates among all occupations examined
