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Going digital won’t fully fix prior authorizations, say medical groups
Electronic prior authorization is “just one step in addressing the flaws of utilization management practices, and comprehensive reform is needed...
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Drunk, sleeping jurors during virtual malpractice trials
“Virtual trials are not as fair to physicians as in-person trials. It’s too easy not to pay attention in a virtual setting.”
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 infection linked to risk of cutaneous autoimmune and vascular diseases
“Our theory is that the severe inflammatory nature of COVID-19 leads to a lot of internal organ damage and exposure of autoantigens in that...
Conference Coverage
Shoulder arthritis surgery: Depression complicates care
“People with depression and anxiety feel pain differently. It might have to do with your outlook – are you catastrophizing or thinking it’s a...
From the Journals
Tick-borne Heartland virus circulating in U.S., researchers say
“Heartland is an emerging infectious disease that is not well understood.”
From the Journals
Artificial sweeteners: A modifiable cancer risk?
“Our findings do not support the use of artificial sweeteners as safe alternatives for sugar in foods or beverages,” said the researchers. An...
Conference Coverage
TKA: Posterior-stabilized bearing design ups revision risk
Posterior-stabilized bearings, used in more than half of total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) in the United States, may increase risk for revision,...
Conference Coverage
TKA outcomes for age 80+ similar to younger patients
In a study of more than 1.7 million cases, length of hospital stay and readmission rates were only slightly higher for octogenarians than for...
Commentary
How social drivers of health lead to physician burnout
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Orphenadrine recalled due to possible nitrosamine impurity
The voluntary recall of Orphenadrine Citrate 100 mg Extended Release Tablets by Sandoz involves 13 lots of the drug that were shipped to consumers...
From the Journals
Severe obesity reduces responses to TNF inhibitors and non-TNF biologics to similar extent
The study represents the first evidence of a similar reduction in therapeutic response with both TNF inhibitors and non-TNF biologics in patients...