Electronic Health Records Features

• EHR Activity for Measuring Nursing Care Value and Costs Utilizing EHR data, a new study analyzed the value and cost of nursing care delivery.
  Nursing Economics, December 26, 2022
• Appendicitis: How to Avoid a Delayed Diagnosis   Have a low threshold for appendicitis because it can mimic many other common conditions.
  The Cribsiders, December 20, 2022
• 2022 in Review Through a Cardiology Lens   In part 1 of their annual review, cardiologists Bob Harrington and Mike Gibson discuss in-person meetings, wearables and AI, COVID lessons for medical research, and the growth of RCTs from China.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 19, 2022
• Temporal Trends in Deep SSIs After Six Orthopedic Procedures A new study looks at the trends in postoperative deep surgical site infections for certain orthopedic procedures. Have there been any changes in infection rates?
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, December 16, 2022
• Predicting Adverse Events During and After Hospital Admission The authors developed a broad suite of tools based on ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural codes for predicting adverse events and care utilization outcomes for hospitalized patients.
  Anesthesiology, December 13, 2022
• Dec 9 2022 This Week in Cardiology   Nudges, statins, AI, less-is-more in the ICU, myocarditis, exercise as medicine, and December in the hospital are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 09, 2022
• Traumatic Injuries in Sexual Assault Patients in the ED Learn more about the type and occurrence of traumatic injuries among sexual assault patients presenting to the ED.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, December 02, 2022
• A Novel Technique to Identify Intimate Partner Violence A newly developed algorithm may help detect cases of intimate partner violence in an ED setting.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, November 25, 2022
• Do You Really Know Your Patient? It's a Key to Health Equity Making stronger connections with patients and listening to their stories offer a better way to improve healthcare delivery than merely recording their social and economic disparities.
  Medscape Blogs, November 15, 2022
• Nov 11 2022 This Week in Cardiology   AHA 2022 Part 1: ISCHEMIA-EXTEND, STRONG-HF, chlorthalidone vs HCTZ, experts vs practitioners; torsemide vs furosemide; and TG lowering are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 11, 2022
• Delirium Screening in a Community-Based Pediatric ICU This article describes the implementation of a clinical screening tool for the assessment and identification of delirium in critically ill children.
  Pediatric Nursing, November 11, 2022
• Infographic: The Good and Bad of Self-employment as a Doctor Physicians who typically are owners in a solo or group practice or partners reveal the five aspects of self-employment they enjoy the most, and five they like the least.
  Medscape, November 10, 2022
• Change Makers: Dr Isaacs on Healthcare Delivery Innovations Dr Whyte speaks with Permanente Medical Group CEO and Executive Director Dr Richard Isaacs about how the pandemic changed our expectations of healthcare delivery and upcoming innovations in patient care.
  Medscape, November 08, 2022
• Which mRNA Vaccine Poses a Lower Risk for Myocarditis?   Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study that compared myocarditis rates following Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines.
  Medscape, November 08, 2022
• The Importance of the Need for Hope Healthcare professionals are a symbol of hope, yet they are not immune to fear and despair. Where do we turn when we experience damage to hope.
  Medscape Blogs, November 08, 2022
• Cumulative Blood Pressure Measurement for CVD Prediction Does cumulative systolic blood pressure load, calculated from serial blood pressure measurements, provide better prediction of major cardiovascular events?
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 07, 2022
• AHA 2022 HCTZ vs Chlorthalidone -- A Win for Practicing Doctors and Science In the Diuretic Comparison Project, hydrochlorothiazide held its own compared with chlorthalidone as first-line hypertension agent despite U.S. experts' preference for the latter -- a lesson for us all, writes John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 05, 2022
• Mandrola's Top 5 Picks From AHA 2022 Previewed John Mandrola, MD, previews his top 5 presentations from the upcoming American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago. They cover diuretics, iron therapy, early ablation, and CRISPR gene editing.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 31, 2022
• A Tool for US Trends in Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality The authors created the created an online, interactive tool to enable visualization of death rates and trends for several CVD outcomes by age group, racial and ethnic group, and sex.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, October 31, 2022
• Biomarkers of Systemic Treatment Response in Psoriasis This review provides a comprehensive catalog of candidate biomarkers of systemic treatment response in psoriasis.
  The British Journal of Dermatology, October 28, 2022