CA Suit Targets Anti-Bias Training in Health Care
The litigation is part of a national crusade by right-leaning advocacy and legal groups against diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives in health care. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 29, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
CA Suit Targets Anti-Bias Training in Healthcare
The litigation is part of a national crusade by right-leaning advocacy and legal groups against diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives in health care. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 29, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
MOC Woes? This System Might Be the Solution
ABIM faces backlash as internists rebel against costly, time-consuming MOC exam. Can longitudinal assessments offer a smoother path to board certification? (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 27, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Remote Monitoring: Tailoring Treatment for Patients
Over 60 million Americans exchanged health data remotely with providers in 2024, marking a pivotal shift in healthcare. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 21, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
New Score Predicts Risk for Death on Heart Transplant List
The new score outperformed the current therapy-based 6-status system of ranking adult heart transplant candidates by medical urgency. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 14, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Azithromycin to Prevent Child Mortality, Risk Score for Heart Transplant Candidates, Food Allergy Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 13, 2024, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Tools on the Horizon for Managing Posttransplant cSCC Risk
Organ transplant recipients have a 200-fold increased incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma compared with immunocompetent individuals, and cSCC accounts for 80% of skin cancers in those recipients. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 9, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Harvard Docs Train Ukrainian Counterparts 2 Years Into War
Boston program aimed to mentor specialists whose medical education was forged in the remnants of the old Soviet system. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 6, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Organ Donations Increased in Qu ébec After MAiD
Organ donation after medical assistance in dying made up 14% of Qu ébec ' s total deceased donations in 2022. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 2, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Promising Method to Assess Extended Criteria Hearts
An extracorporeal perfusion system for extended criteria donor hearts had excellent post-transplant outcomes and could be an alternative to traditional cold storage. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 30, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
New ACG Guideline Offers Recommendations for ALD
The guideline was commissioned in light of the growing incidence of alcohol use disorder, which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 25, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Legacy of a Medical Crusader: Sidney Wolfe, MD
As the cofounder of the Public Citizen Health Research Group, Wolfe worked for more than five decades to protect patients. But his efforts helped change medicine, too. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 18, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Spain Breaks Own Organ Transplant Record in 2023
Spain carried out more organ transplants than ever before last year, conducting a total of 5,851 such procedures, a 9% jump from 2022, Health Minister Monica Garcia said on... (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 17, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Panel Recommends Small Bump in 2025 Medicare Physician Pay
The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission also will urge Congress to establish a safety-net add-on payment for services provided to people with low incomes. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 12, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
Dialysis Facility Performance and Social Risk in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model
Dialysis facilities in the US are financially rewarded for higher rates of home dialysis and kidney transplant, but facilities that serve patients with high social risk might have a harder time meeting these goals. JAMA Associate Editor Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, speaks with Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH, of Brown University, about how this plays out under the ESRD Treatment Choices Model. Related Content: Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
