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Implementation of an intervention

Intervention Ups Appropriate Dysglycemia Screening

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Screening doubled after intervention, which included EHR-based decision support, training
For patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation

Better Outcomes for Cardiology Care in Newly Diagnosed A-Fib

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Reduction in stroke, death; increase in hospitalization for AF/SVT, MI
Patients with head and neck cancer have reduced life expectancy

Reduced Cancer-Independent Life Expectancy in Head, Neck Cancer

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Cancer-independent life expectancy 6.5 years shorter for patients with head and neck cancer
There is a correlation between bacterial colonization and food sensitization and allergy in young children

Bacterial Colonization Linked to Food Sensitization, Allergy

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Specific genera underrepresented in children with food sensitization and food allergy
For patients with condyloma acuminatum

Two-Step Irradiance Better for Condyloma Acuminatum

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Two-step irradiance schedule significantly reduced patients' pain versus single-dose cold compress
Identifying individuals in the emergency department who have fallen based on diagnosis codes alone underestimates the rate of falls

Use of ICD Codes Only Can Underestimate Falls in ER

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With ICD-9 definition only, 19.6 percent of visits meeting chief complaint definition were missed
A novel score can assess the severity of hidradenitis suppurativa

Novel Score Can Assess Severity of Hidradenitis Suppurativa

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Novel International HS Severity Scoring System score is valid for classifying disease severity
Medicaid cuts could lead to an increase in the number of women diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer

More Breast Cancers Diagnosed at Late Stage With Medicaid Cuts

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40.2 percent diagnosed late-stage after Medicaid cuts versus 35.4 percent before cuts
Heavy drinking appears to cause biological aging at a cellular level

Excessive Alcohol Use Found to Speed Up Cellular Aging

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DNA research reveals alcoholics have shorter telomeres
With the eradication of wild poliovirus type 2 in 2015

Sound Progress Made Toward Global Containment of Poliovirus

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Following eradication of wild poliovirus type 2 in 2015, trivalent vaccine replaced with bivalent OPV