Clinicians should present weight loss treatments as positive opportunities when discussing excess weight during clinical visits rather than framing the conversation in negative terms, a
Seeking to encourage “medical professionals [to] approach each other with humility and compassion to achieve our ultimate goal of promoting humanity, not only for our
Patient outcomes were not improved in a pragmatic controlled study of redesigned interprofessional care of hospitalized patients, researchers report. The authors report “weak evidence of
At a 1,000-bed teaching hospital in France, drug-related problems (DRPs) occurred less frequently in older patients with cancer cared for using the RECAP (phaRmaceutical care
After the implementation of e-prescription cancellation messaging (CancelRx), the proportion of e-prescriptions sold after discontinuation in the electronic health record (EHR) fell immediately and remained low,
Clinicians responded more often to alerts about patients’ out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs than looking at prices on their own, a study shows. In a
Americans could have access to a nonprescription, progestin-only oral contraceptive later this year if FDA follows the recommendation of an advisory committee. In a May
“In the age of supply chain shortages, it is imperative that the US pursue resilience and promote public policies to better protect the health of
In a JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page article, the process and reasons for medication deprescribing are presented in consumer language. “It is common for people to
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