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More than 78 percent of health care personnel and 53.6 percent of pregnant women received influenza vaccination during the 2016-2017 influenza season

More Than 78 Percent of Health Care Personnel Receive Flu Shot

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But only 53.6 percent of pregnant women received flu shot before/during pregnancy in 2016-2017
Working with a scribe significantly improves physicians' overall satisfaction

Working With a Scribe Improves Physician Satisfaction

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When scribes draft documents, physicians happier with chart quality and accuracy, time with patients
Certain ocular histopathologic features are consistently found in fetuses with congenital Zika syndrome

Ocular Histopathology Features Seen With Congenital Zika

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Features include loss of retinal pigment epithelium, presence of a thin choroid
In 2017

Worker Contribution to Health Benefits Up in 2017

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Share of firms offering coverage, workers receiving coverage remained stable
Self-reported function is more informative than frailty phenotype in predicting a negative postoperative course in older adults

Self-Reported Function IDs Post-Op Course in Elderly

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LLFDI-FUNCTION predicts postoperative complications better than frailty phenotype
Deep neural network or artificial intelligence is able to detect referable diabetic retinopathy from photographs

Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Diabetic Retinopathy

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Findings based on a large retrospective review of screening photographs
Insurers have the bargaining power to reduce provider prices in highly concentrated provider markets

Insurer Market Power Lowers Providers’ Prices

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Evidence seen for specialists in markets with high provider, insurer concentration
Patients with age-related macular degeneration have altered plasma metabolomic profiles compared with those without the condition

Metabolomic Profiles Differ With Macular Degeneration

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The most significant metabolites identified are part of the lipid pathways
The American College of Physicians does not support the legalization of physician-assisted suicide

ACP Does Not Support Legalization of Assisted Suicide

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Legalization would affect trust in the patient-physician relationship, and in the medical profession
Some adolescents

AHA: Target Organ Damage From HTN Also Seen in Teenagers

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Sixteen percent of teenagers had left ventricular hypertrophy with SBP below the 95th percentile