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Coverage rates and access to care are significantly higher in states with Medicaid expansion

Increased Coverage in States With Medicaid Expansion

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Most low-income non-elderly adults in non-expansion state of Kansas support expanding Medicaid
Patients do in fact care what doctors wear

Patients Care About the Clothes Doctors Wear

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New findings show that attire influenced satisfaction with clinical care
Hand-holding and squeezing a stress ball do not provide anxiety reduction among patients during excisional removal of non-melanoma skin cancer

Hand-Holding, Stress Ball Don’t Cut Anxiety in Skin CA Removal

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No incremental anxiety reduction versus control in patients during excisional skin cancer surgery
Anesthesia care team composition is not associated with surgical outcomes

No Outcome Differences Based on Anesthesia Team Make-Up

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No significant differences in mortality, length of stay, or inpatient spending seen
Stroke rates are lower at 30 days and five years after percutaneous coronary intervention than after coronary artery bypass grafting

Five-Year Stroke Rates Lower After PCI Versus CABG

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Reduced risk of stroke in the 30-day post-procedural period, but similar risk from 31 days to five years
Several strategies can be implemented to help address management of staff time off

Seven Strategies Can Help Practices Manage Staff Time Off

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Strategies, including a paid time off bank, allow staff some flexibility while maintaining a business
Cancer incidence rates have decreased among men but remained stable among women

Overall Cancer Mortality Rates Decreasing for Men and Women

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Incidence rates decreased among men from 2008 to 2014, remained stable among women
In a recent statement

FDA Establishes New Task Force on Drug Shortages

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Task force charged with advancing long-term solutions to prevent shortages
Preoperative opioid use is reported in 23.1 percent of patients undergoing surgery

Preoperative Opioids Used by 23.1 Percent of Surgical Patients

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Odds of pre-op opioid use up with age 31 to 40 years, tobacco use, illicit drug use, depression
The American Medical Association has committed to working to integrate precision medicine into alternative payment models

Alternative Payment Models Should Include Precision Medicine

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APMs should be encouraged to integrate precision medicine approaches, personalize patient care