A Country Doctor Writes

APRIL 5, 2025

I’ve never heard any of my American colleagues talk about that, although there are several articles about the connection if you Google it. In addition to the usual causes like infection, autoimmune disorders and multiple myeloma, it was drilled into my head to look for kidney cancer. I ordered some lab tests, including a sed rate.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

The post-implementation group had lower rates of ED visits (pre: 22.2%; post: 17.8%; P = 0.02) and hospital readmissions (pre: 38.9%; post: 33.4%; P = 0.01) within 90 days of discharge. An analysis was performed between the 2 groups while adjusting for clinical characteristics.

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The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Both readings for this session, a New Yorker article and a Health Affairs paper , portrayed Romney as a “data wonk” who viewed the issue of the uninsured as a problem-solving challenge rather than a grand moral imperative. Yet much like LBJ's inspirational leadership, Romney's data-crunching approach produced tangible results.

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Sound Physicians

JUNE 16, 2025

Integrating your emergency and hospital medicine programs can make a huge difference in mitigating messy handoffs. Just ask Dr. Mihir Patel and Dr. Tony Briningstool, chief executive officers of their respective clinical programs with Sound Physicians— hospital medicine and emergency medicine. In a Becker’s webinar sponsored by Sound, Drs.

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Sound Physicians

JUNE 9, 2025

This post is a summary of that discussion. A patient’s length of stay (LOS) in the hospital impacts so many factors, from reimbursement rates to health outcomes, which is why hospitals and health systems have made it their top priority. So, what’s the best strategy to help reduce length of stay (LOS)?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Researchers conducted a retrospective study to examine the prevalence and risk factors of coercive measures in open inpatient wards of a Swiss university psychiatric hospital. They analyzed the use of seclusion and restraint from 2017 to 2019.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

At 30 days, mortality was 1.0%, Emergency Department (ED) visits were 6.9%, hospitalization was 6.6%, and NH admission was 4.0%. Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02895-x The post Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs first appeared on Physician's Weekly. P < 0.001, η 2   = 0.5].

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

But if ACE units are so great, why do so few hospitals have them? If you want to do a deeper dive in ACE units, check out some of the following articles: The original NEJM paper on ACE units from 1996. Kellie Flood’s paper in JAMA IM showing that not only ACE units deliver better care, but also help with the hospitals bottom line.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Mortality was the primary outcome, divided into short-term (ICU, hospital, 28- and 30-day) and long-term (> 30 days) categories, MEDLINE and Embase were searched without date limits. Screening was done using Rayyan, data extraction by a custom tool, and quality was assessed using the JBI Cohort Study Checklist.

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Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For hospitals, this means investing in cutting-edge medical interventions and partnerships that help them transition to the modern best-practice of dedicated ICU management. Sound Critical Care is at the forefront of bringing coordinated leadership and clinical excellence to hospital ICUs and the patients within them.

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Sound Physicians

APRIL 28, 2025

Still, we know that sometimes the final decision comes down to a single factor: cost. While we’ve earned our reputation over the decades for our clinical excellence in hospital medicine , we’ve also earned — somewhat unfairly — a reputation for being more expensive than our competitors. We’re better at predicting revenue cycle projection.

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Sound Physicians

JUNE 25, 2025

Many rural hospitals offer higher base salaries, a lower cost of living, and incentives like loan repayment programs. In hospital medicine, these shifts may follow a block schedule to support continuity of care, while emergency medicine often allows for more flexible, intermittent scheduling.

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The Direct Doctors Difference

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A recent article featured on the medical blog, www.Kevinmd.com , highlights some super important reasons as to why you might consider seeing a doctor who is not affiliated with a hospital or large system. In addition, when patients have testing done at in-hospital labs and facilities, the costs are higher than stand-alone centers.

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Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

The article goes into detail about remote monitoring, its advantages, and how you can begin using it. CGMs, smart glucometers) Real-time data sharing with care teams Benefits of Remote Monitoring Timely adjustments to treatment Reduced hospital visits Improved long-term blood sugar control Early detection of fluctuations Who Can Benefit?

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. the CDC estimates that 1 in 31 patients has at least one infection associated with their hospital care. In the U.S.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Source: ejog.org/article/S0301-2115(25)00245-3/fulltext The post Influence of Probiotics on Vaginal Flora and GBS in Pregnant Women first appeared on Physician's Weekly. From 30 to 37 weeks of pregnancy , participants received either 2 capsules of probiotics or a placebo daily.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

The primary endpoints included changes in body mass index (BMI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scores, and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Summary Score (KCCQ-OSS) from baseline to 1 year.

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Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We caught up with Dr. Osman Saleem, Medical Director for our hospital medicine practice at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, to go behind the stethoscope and learn more about how he came to Sound and his leadership journey:    When did you first consider a career in medicine? Thanks to God, we have achieved that goal.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 10, 2025

We consider such collaborations in this article. With such a system in place, a hospital can have multiple AI agents across medical departments to communicate and share insights, such as for appointment bookings and subsequent steps in a patient’s healthcare journey. It is the framework within which AI agents operate.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

In the validation phase, 400 individuals with PCOS were surveyed from 3 tertiary general hospitals (400 patients with PCOS). Source: ejog.org/article/S0301-2115(25)00246-5/abstract The post Establishing the Reliability and Validity of the PCOS Body Image Scale first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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AMMD

APRIL 24, 2025

Hospitals have been using activated charcoal to address cases of acute poisoning. In this article, we are going to separate fact from fiction. It has a history of being used in hospitals and at home to pull toxins and soothe irritants. You may also have seen the growing trend of using activated charcoal for detoxing.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02894-y The post Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Investigators concluded that the intervention did not lead to a significant reduction in antidepressant use among older nursing home residents with dementia.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

After listening to this episode you will be able to: Identify unique aspects of the pre-hospital environment that impact assessment and treatment of agitated children Describe the role of EMS personnel and EMS director in the care of agitated children. These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

I therefore reviewed the main research studies and guidelines and tried to summarize them briefly and clearly in this article. Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). How effective are GLP-1 analogs for weight loss?

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 8, 2020

Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patietns with 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Chest 2020; published online. Lauer SA, Grantz KH, Bi Q et al; The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application. Lancet 2020; 395: 391-393.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In an article published in The BMJ, Joe Zhang at Imperial College London and colleagues point to a recent 10 day IT system outage at one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and warn that increasing digital transformation "means such failures are no longer mere inconvenience but fundamentally affect our ability to (..)

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The PanDerm artificial intelligence (AI) model improves skin cancer diagnosis when used by doctors, according to a research article published online June 6 in Nature Medicine.

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Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The expertise and thoughtfulness that our leaders bring to our patients, teams, and, most importantly, our hospital partners is not something that just happens. They ’ re expected to integrate themselves into the hospital through patient experience committees, partner group meetings, and strategic planning.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

Richardson — A recent proposed amendment to Minnesota’s Opiate Product Registration Fee appears intended to ensure continued availability of certain opiate products at hospitals. If enacted, Article 5, Section 6 of HF33 would provide for a reduction to the State’s opiate product registration fee. 151.066, Subd.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

A retrospective analysis of characteristics of 15 consecutive years of code stroke cases at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, found that patients who were ultimately diagnosed with migraine headache with aura (1.1%) were more likely to be younger, female, and have fewer vascular risk factors than patients with ischemic strokes.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

In comparison, the first VR-recorded surgery was performed at the Royal London Hospital in 2016. Its importance was also highlighted during the COVID-19 crisis to bypass supply chains to meet hospitals’ demands. And the field of dentistry will also benefit from the technology as well.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog article, Dr. Scott Marsh, our podiatrist here at Logansport Memorial, shares some tips to keep your feet healthy. The post Dr. Marsh Shares 3 Tips for Healthy Feet appeared first on Logansport Memorial Hospital. It’s important to maintain the health of your feet because they can be a clue to your overall health.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

hospitals reduced surgical wait times, cut hospital stays by more than a day, and significantly curbed narcotics use in children who had major operations for traumatic femur fractures, according to research published online as an "article in press" in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention. A light bulb went on for me as I had the exact same thought about 6 years ago when I began to think about leaving my job in an office owned by a hospital system. Martin says “There has to be a different way of doing things.”

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

She currently practices at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She currently practices at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 20 (13), Article 13. She has advanced training in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Science. References Ogunwole, S.

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GomerBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

Hospital administrators plan to fill the void with anyone working in or near a hospital that is wearing a white lab coat and scrubs.

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