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Trend: Primary-care docs spending more time on visits
Here's something that may surprise you--and came as quite a surprise to your editor. Apparently, family doctors have been taking more time with adult patients of late, and seeing them more often, as... Read more...
Study: Knee replacements are cost effective
Many in healthcare policy circles debate whether expensive surgical procedures actually have any long-term benefit or lower costs. In the case of knee replacements, it seems, the answer is "yes." The... Read more...
Study: Many hospital pages sent to wrong doctor
Paging the wrong doctor can be a serious communications foul-up, particularly in an urgent situation--but it's all too common, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.... Read more...
Study: Doctors overuse imaging for lower-back pain
Does your lower back hurt? Your doctor may very well order an imaging study of the area, even if the scan isn't strictly needed. That's the conclusion drawn by new research published in the Archives... Read more...
Study: Even small gifts influence doctors
When professionals talk about the influence of pharma or medical device gifts on doctors, most are discussing consulting fees, vacations disguised as CME classes and the like, not pens or sticky... Read more...
Study: Patients in hospital feel abandoned by their physician
While doctors are experts at diagnosing and healing patients, it can be very frustrating for them when they've simply run out of options, treatment-wise. At that point, they may end up referring a... Read more...
Study: One out of five patient visits 'difficult'
Over the last 30 years, physicians have consistently reported that at least one out of every five or six patient visits was "difficult." A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine... Read more...
Study: Hospital patients often can't identify their doctors
A new study concludes that patients are often unable to name so much as a single physician caring for them during their hospital stay, much less describe those physicians' roles in their care. To... Read more...
Study: Specialists seldom show empathy
In medicine, there's certainly one school of thought that holds that a doctor's job is to be detached and impartial, not break down with patients when he or she has to give them bad news or hold... Read more...
Study: Accidental drug overdose rates hit new high
A new study suggests that deaths from medical mistakes at home have gone up substantially over the last two decades, driven largely by growing home use of prescription painkillers and other drugs... Read more...
