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Voice recognition software errors: Often silly, sometimes serious
Dr. Allan M. Block discusses his concerns with voice recognition software.
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MACRA
Since yet another significant percentage of your Medicare reimbursements will be at risk under this new bureaucracy, an introduction to MACRA is...
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Myth of the Month: Does nitroglycerin response predict coronary artery disease?
A 55-year-old man presents to the emergency department with substernal chest pain. The pain has occurred off and on over the past 2 hours...
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Addressing sex and gender inequality in biomedical research
Not only are biologic sex and gender insufficiently reported within research studies, but women are also underrepresented as basic and clinical...
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Change in end-of-life cancer care imperative
With the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, changes to how cancer care is delivered are fast approaching. This...
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When is it time to stop hormone therapy?
If a woman started hormone therapy in her 50s for bothersome menopausal symptoms and now she’s in her 60s, there’s a good chance that she may have...
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Facing a medical board investigation
What steps should you take when your state medical board requests the medical records of an angry patient who has filed a formal complaint against...
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Striking the balance: Who should be screened for CP-CRE acquisition?
Identifying which patients are at high risk of acquiring carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is important to prevent further...
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Little drops of gold
The Canadian investigators describe a technique in which the infant is stimulated to void.
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A job to love
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses what made pediatrics a job to love.
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Here on Earth
Technologic solutions to EHR problems develop in advance of our full understanding of what the solution needs to be: Case in point is the overlap...