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Enrolling the Uninsured in Clinical Trials: Is it Ethical?
Until universal access to healthcare is ensured as a human right, researchers must keep important ethical concerns in mind when designing future clinical trials.
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Enrolling the Uninsured in Clinical Trials: Is it Ethical?
Until universal access to healthcare is ensured as a human right, researchers must keep important ethical concerns in mind when designing future clinical trials.
Doctors and the D Word: Talking About Death Is an Essential Skill — and One Often Lacking
The reasons for physicians' discomfort with conversations about dying are as much cultural, social, and systemic as they are personal.
Should Physicians Treat Family and Friends? Three Experts Weigh In
Although all of the guidelines acknowledge that there are emergent situations in which providing care for a family member or friend is not only permissible but also essential, other situations are frowned upon.
What a Building Contractor Taught Me About Informed Consent
Identifying a patient's preferences and goals leads to a care plan that can reflect those goals, and this may improve patient satisfaction.
Under the Microscope: Medicine's #MeToo Moment
No single solution to address sexual harassment in medicine exists, but physicians of all genders must come together to make progress.
Bully for Us: Confronting Medicine's Bullying Problem
The culture of bullying — widespread across the medical field — has been linked to poorer patient outcomes. So why can't physicians stop bullying in its tracks?
The Little Guy vs Big Data: Is ICD-10 Coding Still Valuable in Health Care?
While ICD-10-CM may be an improvement on an old process, big data is the revolution that has the potential to change health care forever.
Practicing Defensive Medicine to Avoid Litigation
Defensive medicine is known as a practice of recommending tests or treatments for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating litigation.
Electrocardiogram Preliminary Diagnosis by Computerized Support Systems
Evaluating the accuracy of electrocardiogram results by computerized decision support systems.
The Streetlight Effect in Clinical Research
Evaluating the streetlight effect behavior within clinical research.
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How Personalized Hospital Ratings May Drive Patient-Specific Care in the Digital Age
A flexible overall performance score that can be modified in real time by users may be the most optimal method for generating relevant reviews for specific patient interests.
Disaster Preparedness 101: Physician Resources for Patients
The American Heart Association has updated their disaster resources page with the latest tips to keep in mind when counseling patients ahead of a natural disaster.
AMA Code of Medical Ethics: Guidelines for End-of-Life Care
Compassion and communication for both patients and families are among the most important factors involved in providing end-of-life care.
Can Chaplains Guide Clinical Decision Making? An Ethical Assessment of Spirituality in the Exam Room
Medical teams that are willing to engage with and be informed by patients' religious worldviews are able to more effectively make clinical decisions.
FDA Seeks to Standardize Regulation of Mobile Medical Apps
Appropriate and standardized regulation of mobile medical applications may enable faster adoption and integration of these technology platforms in the health care environment
Study Finds Clinical Trials for Newer, Breakthrough Therapies Lacking
More than half of the new approvals of Breakthrough Therapy drugs were based on a single pivotal trial.
Know Before You Go: Practicing Medicine Abroad
For physicians working in the US, the prospect of practicing medicine abroad can be both exciting and daunting.
Improving Physician Knowledge of Risks Associated With Occupational Radiation Exposure
Study investigators found that baseline scores of knowledge for radiation exposure were low overall, except in the case of participants who were radiologists.
More Healthcare Professionals Choose Employment With Organizations Over Self-Employment
In recent years, more healthcare professionals are choosing to work for organizations rather than starting their own practice.
The Challenge of Compassion in Modern Healthcare Settings
A providers' capacity to feel compassion is affected in part by the practice environment.
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