Age, Race May Affect Tx Decision Regret in Prostate Cancer
Type of treatment, effect on spousal relationship also may predict treatment decisional regret
Frustrated by Regulations, Doctors Increasingly Miserable
Geneia and physicians introduce initiative to share ideas to restore the joy to medicine
Physicians Should Plan Exit Strategy in Advance
Planning 3 to 5 years in advance recommended; practice can be transitioned rather than closed
Restrictive Transfusion Threshold No Better Post Cardiac Surgery
Restrictive threshold not superior to liberal threshold for morbidity, health care costs
Persistent EHR Nonadoption Could Mean Lower Payment
Less likely to receive additional payments for managing chronic conditions/complex needs
Labiaplasty Considered Safe, With High Patient Satisfaction
However, current practices remain greatly diverse
AAMC: Significant Shortfall of Physicians Projected for 2025
Demand for physicians increasing faster than supply; shortfall expected to reach 46,100 to 90,400 by 2025
Outcomes Vary With Transcatheter Valve Surgery
May be possible to ID patients who may not benefit and who should be counseled accordingly
Abnormalities on MRI Predict Knee Replacement
Measures of structural joint damage relate to clinical prognosis in the following year
Anesthesiologists Impact CABG Surgery Outcomes
Rate of death, major complications varies significantly across anesthesiologists
