Pre-Existing Mental Health Vulnerabilities Associated With Being Bullied
Prevention programs may improve long-term outcomes in children and adolescents by addressing pre-existing vulnerabilities that increase the risk for exposure to bullying.
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Hospitals Step Up Community Health as Charity Care Burden Scales Back
As federal healthcare reform has expanded medical insurance to millions of people, hospitals have an increasing role in improving community health.
Boosting Health Info Technology Usability Requires Input From All Stakeholders
Usability challenges continue to affect health information technology (HIT), according to a viewpoint article by Raj M. Ratwani, PhD, of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Georgetown University School of Medicine, in Washington, DC, and colleagues, published in JAMA. Most US hospitals and ambulatory clinicians have adopted electronic health records (EHR),…
Effect of Required Disclosure of Physician-Industry Financial Relationships
Investigators examined whether mandatory disclosure policies and laws have led to a decrease in financial disclosure reporting by physicians.
Flexible Duty-Hour Program Does Not Increase Sleepiness in Medical Interns
This noninferiority trial showed no more chronic sleep loss or sleepiness across trial days among interns in flexible programs than among those in standard programs.
Overlapping Surgery Does Not Increase Risks for Mortality or Complications
Investigators assessed the relationship between overlapping surgery and mortality, complications, and length of surgery.
More Than a Third of Nonelderly Americans With ASCVD Have Financial Hardship
Researchers evaluated the national burden of financial hardship from medical bills among persons with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, as well as the fallout from such a problem, including financial distress, food insecurity, and cost-related medication nonadherence.
Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Patients With Dementia
Gerontologists, practicing ethicists, policymakers, and health practitioners should consider the structural conditions of long-term care that both foster aggression and constrain prevention efforts, according to this commentary.
Widespread Reform Must Be Implemented to Improve Primary Care Quality, Access in Medicaid
Medicaid expansion has created an “urgent need” to engage primary care practices in serving the expanded Medicaid population.
Advances in Digital Technology Usher in the Era of Personal Health Records
Widespread improvements in digital communication, hardware, and software have resulted in positive changes in the healthcare technology landscape.
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