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Although physicians typically struggle with change

Learning to Change Important for Improving Practice

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Physicians need to accept that the health care industry is changing and that change is difficult
Introduction of genomic screening into routine health care is dependent on demonstration of clinical utility

Demonstrating Clinical Use Will Speed Genomic Screening

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Field could advance more quickly if data from research participants, consumers got to clinic
There are very few published descriptions of programs that address the mistreatment of medical trainees

Few Published Programs Address Medical Trainee Mistreatment

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Most common format of program is combination of lectures, workshops, and seminars
In a report published online July 31 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Rapid Improvement of Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Anakinra

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Patient's clinical symptoms related to heart failure improved markedly within two weeks of treatment
There is a correlation for firearm caliber with likelihood of death from gunshot wounds

Odds of Death Up With Medium-, Large-Caliber Firearms

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Replacing medium-, large- with small-caliber guns would reduce gun homicides by 39.5 percent
Incorporating lay health workers into cancer care increases documentation of goals of care

Lay Health Workers Can Improve End-of-Life Cancer Care

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Incorporating LHWs into cancer care increases goals-of-care documentation, patient satisfaction
A combined test of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein assay results has high sensitivity for detection of intracranial injury among patients with traumatic brain injury

High-Sensitivity Blood Test May Help Rule Out Intracranial Injury

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UCH-L1, GFAP test has high sensitivity and negative predictive value for patients with TBI
More than 25 percent of older U.S. adults with diabetes use some type of complementary and alternative medicine

One in Four Older Adults With Diabetes Uses Alternative Meds

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Herbal, chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, yoga most commonly used individual therapies
Allowing front desk staff adequate time and an uninterrupted environment to focus on billing can prevent problems later on

Front Desk Staff Can Set Up a Practice for Successful Billing

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Front desk staff should be trained, and should not be assigned to billing at same time as answering calls
The number of open abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs dropped by almost 80 percent during the last decade

Total, Open Repairs Decline for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

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Branched-fenestrated EVAR rapidly disseminated into national practice since 2011