Geographic Location Most Important for Residents
Lifestyle, adequate call hours and personal time, good financial package also important
Report Offers Guidance on Medical Ethics Education
Novel approaches to learning encouraged, such as flipped classroom, use of reflective narratives
Imaging Deemed More Effective Than Exercise Tolerance Testing
Fewer invasive coronary angiography procedures, higher CAD yield for patients with suspected CAD
Analysis Targets U.S. Hospitals With Highest Markups
In the 50 hospitals with highest charge-to-cost ratio, charges 10-fold above Medicare-allowable costs
Professional Guidelines Have Limited Impact on Pre-Op Testing
Drop in routine electrocardiogram testing, but not in plain radiography, hematocrit, urinalysis
AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships
Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
Study IDs Surgical Never Events, Contributing Factors
Individual cognitive factors accounted for half of all contributing human factor nano-codes
Coaching Can Halve Radiation Dose for Pain Physicians
Knowledge of and real-time coaching with scatter dose profile cuts radiation dose by about half
MRI Can Visualize Effects of Traction on Herniated Discs
Changes include change in disc shape, reduction of herniated disc volume, widening of the facet joint
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed
Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
