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The six-minute walk test is increasingly being used for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Guidelines Needed for 6MWT in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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No specific guidelines for use of six-minute walk test in growing population with IPF
Both paper-based and electronic health records have shortcomings in terms of quality of content

Quality Issues for Both Paper-, Electronic-Based Health Records

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Study affirms poor quality of nursing documentation, as well as lack of knowledge and skills
Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age have worse measures of health in the years leading up to retirement

Pre-Retirement Morbidity Higher in Later Birth Cohorts

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Worse measures of health for Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age
In 2015

Serious Suffering Affects Almost Half of Those Who Die Yearly

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Vast majority who experience serious health-related suffering have no palliative care, pain relief
Primary care clinicians and pulmonologists endorse lung cancer screening

Primary, Pulmonary Providers Endorse Lung CA Screening

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Key barriers to LCS include inadequate time and staffing, patients having too many illnesses
The costs associated with low-cost

Low-Cost Services a Major Player in Unnecessary Health Spending

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Costs associated with low-cost, low-value health services nearly twice as high as high-cost services
From 2004 to 2014 there were increases in the prevalence of hypertension

2004 to 2014 Saw Increases in Risk Factors in Ischemic Stroke

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Increases in prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, and drug abuse in AIS
A six-month tai chi program is safe and improves physical activity

Six-Month Tai Chi Program Improves Physical Activity in CHD

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Improvements in activity, weight, QoL for patients with coronary heart disease refusing cardiac rehab
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American Board of Family Medicine have launched a new performance improvement activity credit reporting process called the AAFP Credit System

New System Streamlines CME Credit Approval Process

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American Academy of Family Physicians, American Board of Family Medicine launch single credit system
For patients with heart failure

Risk Conferred by T2D Modified by HbA1c in Heart Failure

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Stratification of T2D by HbA1c shows U-shaped associations for first hospitalization and mortality