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Trump administration loosens up HealthCare.gov
The change will take effect with the open enrollment period for the 2018 coverage year.
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More telemedicine shifts to system-wide models
As telemedicine gains momentum, more health providers are moving from stand-alone programs to system-wide approaches.In a survey of 436 U.S....
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Benefit of rtPA in acute ischemic stroke doesn’t diminish with weight over 100 kg
BOSTON – The results from a pooled analysis of data from three randomized clinical trials support the current recommendations from the American...
From the Journals
Dual-task walking test may be effective dementia predictor
Dual-task gait testing can be an accurate, low-cost method of predicting progression to dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
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Women less likely to be diagnosed with sleep disorders
Women are less likely than are men to be diagnosed with and treated for sleep disordered breathing (SDB), despite similar symptoms, according to a...
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Tools measuring oxygen desaturation produced disparate data
Two software systems used for measuring patients’ oxygen desaturation indexes (ODIs) produced disparate results.
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One-third of drug postmarket studies go unpublished
Why are postmarket studies with relevant findings nowhere to be found?
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High allele level linked to lamotrigine-induced SCAR
Could higher frequency of alleles associated with drug-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions be specific to ethnicity?
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Do you have to MIPS in 2017? CMS has a tool for that
A Web tool from CMS allows physicians to quickly know if they must participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System this year.
Law & Medicine
Determining patients’ decisional capacity
When do patients no longer have the medical capacity to make their own health care decisions, and when can surrogates make those decisions for...
Opinion
Restoring the promise of (really) meaningful use
2017 marks the end of Meaningful Use under Medicare, replaced by an initiative called Advancing Care Information.