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Study: Retail clinics offer quality care for standard illnesses
It appears that retail clinics are succeeding at their primary purpose--providing high-quality care for life's everyday pains--according to a new study appearing in a medical journal. The study... Read more...
Study: Poor physician working conditions may affect care quality
So, you mean to say that doctors are actually human beings? A new study appearing in The Annals of Internal Medicine concludes that physicians, like anyone else, tend to perform worse when their... Read more...
Study: Academic researchers exaggerate study results
Is that recent study announced by an academic medical center a groundbreaking piece of research, or just a routine effort that isn't going to change the world very much? Often, such studies aren't... Read more...
Study: Family medicine woefully underrepresented at NIH
A new study has found that family physicians and departments of family medicine are woefully underrepresented in grants from the NIH. Researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzed data... Read more...
Study: Medical school can lead to burnout, suicidal thoughts
Everyone knowns that medical school can be a bruising ordeal, one that depletes students of time, energy, money and morale--and that in some cases, the stress is just too much to handle.... Read more...
Healthcare whistleblowers helped get back $9.3B
Whistleblowers have helped authorities recover at least $9.3 billion from healthcare providers according to a new analysis of U.S. Department of Justice records. Since the DoJ began working harder to... Read more...
Study: Millions of chronically ill not getting care they need
A new study confirms what most in the provider arena already knew--that far too many patients with chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure aren't getting the care they need because... Read more...
Study: Broad testing can slash MRSA rates
Last week, a study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggested that screening surgical patients for MRSA isn't particularly effective in blocking the spread of the disease.... Read more...
Study: Math mistakes can cause big med problems
A new study underscores that simple math errors by physicians can prove deadly when it comes to medications. In the study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers asked... Read more...
Unclear on how hospital data affects decisions
While public policy is very much in favor of providing detailed data on hospital performance and quality, there's little evidence to suggest that this data actually affects patient decisions,... Read more...
