(MedPage Today) — “Assume all patients are lying,” my professor told my class during my first year of medical school. I have since switched fields to become a PhD-holding biomedical researcher and academic. But this phrase stuck with me, and… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, outlines several clinical trials on nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) that tell us how effective the drug is and who it can help the most. The following is… Powered by WPeMatico
HHS awarded over $3.6 million to 7 organizations to bolster support for individuals experiencing substance use disorder (SUD) during pregnancy and postpartum. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Every new drug, device, or medical strategy needs to be studied to test its safety and efficacy, which — as physicians and researchers know — is primarily done through large rigorous, and often randomized, clinical trials… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “He knew it was his time a month ago. We were sitting at the kitchen table, and he told me he couldn’t feel half his face. He kept tapping the left side and saying he couldn’t feel anything. I knew he had a stroke because my… Powered by WPeMatico
A new law in the Golden State requires providers, payers and public health agencies to participate in real-time information sharing by 2024. Timi Leslie of Connecting for Better Health offers a perspective on that massive undertaking. Powered by WPeMatico
In the first two years of the program, the health system reduced length of stay by half of a day, cut out 20,000 excess days and saved $40 million by eliminating inefficiencies. Powered by WPeMatico
Providers can sign up for the new Life Sciences program in Epic’s electronic health record system to learn about clinical trials that might be well-suited for their patients. Powered by WPeMatico
