Business of Medicine
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CDC urges doctors to help patients quit smoking
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EHR use reaches 'tipping point'
Conference Coverage
Mobile app guides patients through precolonoscopy bowel prep
Major finding: Bowel prep scores were significantly better for app users (8.19) than for those who had smartphones (6.92) but did not use the app...
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Tavenner confirmed as Medicare/Medicaid chief
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Surgical educators flag training gaps
Major finding: Forty-three percent of incoming fellows in the nation’s surgical subspecialty programs were deemed by their program directors to be...
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Surgeons tackle readmission risk reduction
Major Finding: The 30-day readmission rate following general, thoracic, and vascular surgery was 8%. It ranged from 5% to 16% depending upon the...
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Forecast warns of urologist shortage
Major finding: The forecast model estimates a 29% head count reduction and a 25% decrease in the full-time equivalent (FTE) supply of urologists...
Commentary
Checking up on advance care planning - and charting, too
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Brand-drug costs rising faster than inflation
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Know your values to achieve professional balance
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Lower costs documented in hospitals with palliative care programs
Major finding: ICU length of stay in the last 6 months of life was 0.4 days shorter and hospice length of stay was 1.6 days longer at hospitals...