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Are you on track with your sustainability goals?

My Green Doctor

“ Climate action in the clinic is the cure we urgently need. ” — Dr. Todd Sack, Executive Director, My Green Doctor Are you on track with your sustainability goals? From rising asthma rates to heat-related illnesses, climate change is already harming the most vulnerable among us. That’s where My Green Doctor comes in.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

Many of the children you will evaluate during your shift are among the estimated 10 million United States (US) ED visits made by children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup, the most common pediatric respiratory conditions presenting to acute care settings. But it’s just a CXR right?

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Powering Health, Protecting the Planet – Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Healthcare professionals have always been trusted voices on public health.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. Nguyen, also the chief medical officer for care navigation with the Federation, described the innovation priorities at Kaiser Permanente.

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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. We understand many families request this test and we urge you to talk with them about these recommendations so we can move to reducing the number of clinical tests that will not change management.

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Gender Influences Urinary Mast Cell Biomarkers

Physician's Weekly

They reviewed 4,033 patients at Mayo Clinic from June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2024, which encompassed demographic and clinical data. Urinary mast cell mediators, specifically 2,3-BPG, NMH, and LTE4, were quantified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and normalized to creatinine (Cr) levels.

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