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Changes can be implemented to help reduce physician frustration with electronic health records

Suggestions Offered to Reduce Physician Frustration With EHRs

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Eight suggestions include providing individualized optimization training to personalize EHR settings
Sirolimus may be beneficial for patients with diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia

Sirolimus May Be Beneficial in DIPNECH Syndrome

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Beneficial effects seen for three women with diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
New interns' intense and changing schedules take a toll on sleep

Interns’ Schedule Takes Toll on Sleep, Physical Activity, Mood

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Findings based on eight-month evaluation of new interns using Fitbit activity trackers
The Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces covered a disproportionate share of non-elderly adults with high health care risks in the 2014 to 2015 time period

ACA Marketplaces Expand Coverage for Chronically Ill

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Enrollees have more chronic conditions, health care use versus other privately insured individuals
Online physician reviews do not reflect patient satisfaction surveys

Online Doc Reviews Don’t Reflect Patient Satisfaction Surveys

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No difference in Press Ganey PSS for physicians with versus those without negative online reviews
There is considerable variation in the quality of free-text patient directions in electronic prescriptions

Variations Identified in Free-Text Directions in E-Prescriptions

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However, more than half of all prescriber's patient directions could be categorized into 25 concepts
Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is associated with a narrowing of racial disparities in hospital readmissions

Medicare Program Narrows Racial Disparities in Readmissions

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However, gaps remain between whites, blacks at minority-serving hospitals and others

March 2018 Briefing – Pulmonology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for March 2018. This roundup includes the latest...
Perceptions of the organ donation experience vary between relatives who decide to donate their relative's organs and those who do not

Grief Symptoms Similar in Donor vs Non-Donor Decision Families

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Families making decision not to donate relative's organs experience lower quality communication
A peak flow meter or microspirometer can be used routinely in primary care among patients with suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for early case identification

Simple Lung Function Tests in Primary Care Help ID Early COPD

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Peak flow meter, microspirometry are optimal, with full spirometry for positive results