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Tech Talk: The Contract You Never ReadOne of the most important legal documents in your practice may have a significant impact on your finances. And even though you (or someone in your practice) agreed to abide by its terms and conditions, it's highly likely that you have never even read it.
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EHR Usability: Addressing the "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" SentimentTechniques to identify and address EHR usability challenges.
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Pulmonary Embolism: New Diagnostic Tools and Treatment ParadigmsVenous thromboembolism is a spectrum of diseases that includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. It is a common source of morbidity and an avoidable cause of mortality that typically occurs in high-risk persons or in specific clinical situations. The diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism can be challenging because of their nonspecific signs and symptoms. As a result, they are underdiagnosed and undertreated. Over the past decade, new diagnostic tools have been developed that obviate the need for invasive pulmonary angiography. Concurrently, new treatment paradigms have become available since the introduction of low-molecular-weight heparin for initial therapy. Long-term warfarin anticoagulation guidelines tailored to specific clinical situations have been developed by expert consensus.
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Clinical Quiz: Lp(a) Treatments and Therapeutics ConsiderationsThe final in our 3-part quiz series based on the NLA's 2024 update to their 2019 scientific statement on use of lipoprotein(a) in clinical practice focuses on treatment considerations and therapeutic options for elevated Lp(a).
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Medical Specialists Mount International Effort to Restore Critical Epilepsy Services in HaitiThe international community of epilepsy specialists is providing financial support and specialized medical equipment contributed by its manufacturer to help re-establish services to epilepsy patients in Haiti halted by the devastating earthquake.
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How Does IT Affect Quality of Care?Oncology practices across the country are using computer technology to improve outcomes and quality of care for our patients.
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Large-scale clinical epidemiology of stable angina in women and menWe performed a whole-country study using linked health care records in Finland and showed that stable angina as the initial symptomatic manifestation of coronary disease occurs as frequently in women as it does in men. Among easily recognized subgroups, the absolute rates of prognostic outcomes were similarly high in women and men.
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mHealth Intervention for Pediatric Asthma Boosts Adherence, ATC ScoresAsthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Cellphones might help improve its management.
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Relationship between insulin use and development of hypertensionThis study evaluated whether exogenous insulin use to control blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes was associated with the development of hypertension by analyzing data obtained from a large national sample in Taiwan. Exogenous insulin use was shown to be a significant risk factor for hypertension development.
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Congenital absence of right coronary artery without any other associated anomaliesAnomalous coronary arteries are rare congenital cardiac defects with varying symptomatology and controversial clinical significance. These should be considered as a differential diagnosis, particularly when coronary schemia occurs in a child or young adult.
