Medical Students Want to Focus Learning on Preparing for Future
Desired topics include leadership training, health policy, health economics, experiential learning
Proteinuria Level Predicts Renal Outcome in Lupus Nephritis
Urinary red blood cells undermine a composite prediction of renal outcome
Strategies Provided for Maximizing Payment
Intake forms should remind patients of their responsibility for paying bills, collection costs
Five ‘Top Issues’ to Be Discussed at AMA Medical Student Forum
Issues include vaccination, Medicaid expansion, health care economics, loans, opioid epidemic
April 2015 Briefing – Nephrology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nephrology for April 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Nitrofurantoin Not Best Choice for UTIs in Older Women
Researchers find other antibiotics may beat nitrofurantoin, the most commonly prescribed
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arteriovenous Fistula Use
Lower odds of initiating hemodialysis with AVF for black, Hispanic versus white patients
CDC: Surveillance System Can Help Reduce Health Care Injuries
Nurse assistants and nurses found to have highest injury rates among all occupations examined
Physician Compensation Up for Most Specialties
Top three earners for patient care are orthopedists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists
DMV Program Can Generate Additional Organ Donors
Customers of DMV staff who received training more likely to register as organ donors
