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Dear doctors, here’s how to make a good first impression
Christina Nava Healthcare AdministrationWhat do patients experience when they go to your practice? Have you ever looked at online reviews just to see what kind of feedback you've received? If not, maybe now is the time to start. First impressions can determine whether positive or negative reviews are left online, so it's important to be mindful of the way your practice is being perceived.
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Anti-fibrotic treatments could help patients with chronically rejected…
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareA new study from the University of Michigan has found a possible reason for chronic rejection of transplanted lungs. "Survival of lung transplantation is worse than all other solid organ transplants," said Dr. Vibha Lama, associate chief of basic and translational research at Michigan Medicine's Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. "The five-year survival rate is only 50 percent, and the 10-year survival rate is as low as 20 percent. For me to tell my patient that this second chance at life comes with this critical limitation is incredibly hard."
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Enlisting antagonists in the fight against opioid abuse
Terry Lynam Mental HealthcareNot all opioid antagonists come in a bottle. Some behavioral healthcare providers are fighting the scourge of opioid abuse by equipping colleagues, patients, families and community partners against the epidemic.
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Could vitamin C be the simple solution for sepsis?
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareJust as the new international Surviving Sepsis guidelines come to publication this month, a Virginia physician becomes a small voice for practice change among his peers. Dr. Paul Marik, chief of pulmonary and critical care at Eastern Virginia Medical School, believes he may have stumbled upon a possible aid in the survivability of sepsis. In his December 2016 study in the CHEST Journal, Marik and his colleagues describe their success with the use of intravenous vitamin C, hydrocortisone and thiamine in their patients with septic shock.
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Why is no one using our patient portal?
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationPatient portals and the functionality they offer have the potential to increase access to service, improve convenience and more effectively engage patients and consumers. They can also increase efficiencies for both patients and their providers.
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Why do my joints crack?
Heidi Dawson Medical & Allied HealthcareCracking, popping and clicking joints are a common sound to most people. Some experience this noisiness more than others, but in most cases it isn't painful. But what is it causing this noise? And should it be cause for concern?
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Healthcare jobs aplenty, but not all will make you rich
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationDo you work in healthcare, or want to? You're on the path to seeing the money, Glassdoor reports. Here are the specifics: Physicians make the most of any profession in the U.S. The median base salary was $187,876, with 7,770 job openings for 2017. But there are others in healthcare who are close behind: pharmacy managers earn $149,064 median base salary; pharmacists average $125,847; physician assistants average $112,529 and nurse practitioners $104,144.
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Despite guidelines, antibiotic choice to treat pediatric pneumonia varies
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareA new study shows that outpatient clinicians prescribe macrolide antibiotics to treat community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in most pediatric patients — even though established guidelines recommend amoxicillin in the majority of cases.
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Do anti-inflammatory drugs really improve low back pain?
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareAcute back pain is one of the most common reasons for visits to primary care physicians, second only to colds and flu. The annual prevalence of low back pain in the United States is estimated at 15 to 20 percent, and the lifetime prevalence is over 60 percent. The first episode usually occurs between 20 and 40 years of age.
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Exercise helps women get their groove back after menopause
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Recreation & LeisureFor those whose mothers may have flirted, courted and even married under the flash of lights bouncing off a mirrored dance ball — or for their sisters, cousins and aunts who came of age to the flash and pulse of disco music — there is a natural remedy for "getting your groove back" as the less-friendly flash of menopause hits you.
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