Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):316-323.ABSTRACTHearing loss is a prevalent, chronic condition in the United States; it is often gradual and progressive and is underreported by patients and undertreated by physicians. The impaired ability to effectively hear and communicate may result in negative emotional, cognitive, economic, and social consequences for individuals and may pose a safety risk. Questionnaires and smartphone apps are available to help identify and evaluate self-perceived hearing loss. Physicians should assess for objective hearing impairment when the patient or family member raises a concern or if cogniti...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mandi Sehgal Alexandra Sellers Wendy S Biggs Source Type: research
Cost of disease progression among US patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Conclusion: Disease progression was associated with significant increases in HCRU and costs. Delays in progression were associated with lower cumulative healthcare costs. Earlier use of more clinically effective treatments to delay progression may reduce the economic burden among these patients.PMID:38647165 | PMC:PMC11036880 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0166 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clara Lam Brandon Diessner Katherine Andrade Sydnie Stackland Leah Park Sandhya Mehta Feng Lin Winghan Jackie Kwong Source Type: research
Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):316-323.ABSTRACTHearing loss is a prevalent, chronic condition in the United States; it is often gradual and progressive and is underreported by patients and undertreated by physicians. The impaired ability to effectively hear and communicate may result in negative emotional, cognitive, economic, and social consequences for individuals and may pose a safety risk. Questionnaires and smartphone apps are available to help identify and evaluate self-perceived hearing loss. Physicians should assess for objective hearing impairment when the patient or family member raises a concern or if cogniti...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mandi Sehgal Alexandra Sellers Wendy S Biggs Source Type: research
Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):316-323.ABSTRACTHearing loss is a prevalent, chronic condition in the United States; it is often gradual and progressive and is underreported by patients and undertreated by physicians. The impaired ability to effectively hear and communicate may result in negative emotional, cognitive, economic, and social consequences for individuals and may pose a safety risk. Questionnaires and smartphone apps are available to help identify and evaluate self-perceived hearing loss. Physicians should assess for objective hearing impairment when the patient or family member raises a concern or if cogniti...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mandi Sehgal Alexandra Sellers Wendy S Biggs Source Type: research
Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that patients have lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians, and the benefit of receiving treatments from female physicians is larger for female patients than for male patients.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg.PMID:38648639 | DOI:10.7326/M23-3163 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Atsushi Miyawaki Anupam B Jena Lisa S Rotenstein Yusuke Tsugawa Source Type: research
Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening
CONCLUSION: Physicians relocating to service areas with lower rates of LVC provided less LVC than physicians who stayed in areas with higher rates of LVC. Systemic structures may contribute to LVC. Understanding which factors are contributing may present opportunities for policy and interventions to broadly improve care.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.PMID:38648640 | DOI:10.7326/M23-1456 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kassandra Dindinger-Hill Joshua Horns Jacob Ambrose Jeffrey Vehawn Mouneeb Choudry Trevor C Hunt Jonathan Chipman Benjamin Haaland Jiaming Li Heidi A Hanson Brock O'Neil Source Type: research
Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening
CONCLUSION: Physicians relocating to service areas with lower rates of LVC provided less LVC than physicians who stayed in areas with higher rates of LVC. Systemic structures may contribute to LVC. Understanding which factors are contributing may present opportunities for policy and interventions to broadly improve care.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.PMID:38648640 | DOI:10.7326/M23-1456 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kassandra Dindinger-Hill Joshua Horns Jacob Ambrose Jeffrey Vehawn Mouneeb Choudry Trevor C Hunt Jonathan Chipman Benjamin Haaland Jiaming Li Heidi A Hanson Brock O'Neil Source Type: research
Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that patients have lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians, and the benefit of receiving treatments from female physicians is larger for female patients than for male patients.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg.PMID:38648639 | DOI:10.7326/M23-3163 (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Atsushi Miyawaki Anupam B Jena Lisa S Rotenstein Yusuke Tsugawa Source Type: research
Cost of disease progression among US patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Conclusion: Disease progression was associated with significant increases in HCRU and costs. Delays in progression were associated with lower cumulative healthcare costs. Earlier use of more clinically effective treatments to delay progression may reduce the economic burden among these patients.PMID:38647165 | PMC:PMC11036880 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0166 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clara Lam Brandon Diessner Katherine Andrade Sydnie Stackland Leah Park Sandhya Mehta Feng Lin Winghan Jackie Kwong Source Type: research
Audiometry Interpretation for Hearing Loss in Adults
Am Fam Physician. 2024 Apr;109(4):316-323.ABSTRACTHearing loss is a prevalent, chronic condition in the United States; it is often gradual and progressive and is underreported by patients and undertreated by physicians. The impaired ability to effectively hear and communicate may result in negative emotional, cognitive, economic, and social consequences for individuals and may pose a safety risk. Questionnaires and smartphone apps are available to help identify and evaluate self-perceived hearing loss. Physicians should assess for objective hearing impairment when the patient or family member raises a concern or if cogniti...
Source: American Family Physician - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mandi Sehgal Alexandra Sellers Wendy S Biggs Source Type: research
Cost of disease progression among US patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer
Conclusion: Disease progression was associated with significant increases in HCRU and costs. Delays in progression were associated with lower cumulative healthcare costs. Earlier use of more clinically effective treatments to delay progression may reduce the economic burden among these patients.PMID:38647165 | PMC:PMC11036880 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0166 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clara Lam Brandon Diessner Katherine Andrade Sydnie Stackland Leah Park Sandhya Mehta Feng Lin Winghan Jackie Kwong Source Type: research
Measuring Equity in Readmission as an Assessment of Hospital Performance
To the Editor A recent study that used Medicare administrative data reported disparities in readmission rates for Black compared with White beneficiaries and notable segregation in the care of Black and White patients among hospitals. These findings necessitate attention to additional structural factors contributing to the observed disparities, extending beyond between-hospital –level segregation to the community and other health system levels. (Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association)
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Advocate from Home for Medicare Payment Reform on Capitol Hill
As ACR leaders and volunteers visit Capitol Hill to advocate for stabilizing Medicare physician payment rates, you can join the effort from anywhere. Send your lawmakers a message today through the Legislative Action Center. (Source: The Rheumatologist)
Source: The Rheumatologist - April 21, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: From the College Tags: Legislation & Advocacy Advocacy Leadership Conference Source Type: research
Interhospital Variability in Cardiac Rehabilitation Use After Cardiac Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries
This study evaluated determinants of interhospital variability in CR use and outcomes. (Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - April 20, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Maximilian A. Fliegner, Hechuan Hou, Tyler M. Bauer, Temilolaoluwa Daramola, Jeffrey S. McCullough, Francis D. Pagani, Devraj Sukul, Donald S. Likosky, Steven J. Keteyian, Michael P. Thompson Source Type: research
