Clinical

Charts Paint a Grim Picture 2 Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 10, 2022 at 10:12 am by Staff

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, Kaiser Health News  The coronavirus pandemic is now stretching into its third year, a grim milestone that calls for another look.... Read More

It All Starts in the Mouth

Mar 10, 2022 at 09:00 am by Staff

By Kenneth D. Smith, Ph.D. Dental and medical care have always been separate systems, despite calls dating back to the 19th century to integrate them to improve access. The m.... Read More

The Psychology Behind Medical Care Avoidance

Mar 07, 2022 at 09:38 am by Staff

By APRIL BOYKIN, LCSW Health care avoidance is a type of patient disengagement that impedes an individual's health behaviors or causes them to delay obtaining health car.... Read More

New Guidelines will Help Trauma Centers Treat Spinal Injury Patients

Mar 04, 2022 at 05:22 pm by Staff

  Guidelines offer a practical guide for the evaluation and management of both spinal column fracture and spinal cord injury patients   CHICAGO : The American Col.... Read More

Report: U.S. Falls Short in ‘Geriatricizing’ Emergency Departments

Mar 04, 2022 at 04:38 pm by Staff

The rapid growth of the geriatric population in the United States translates to more emergency department visits and associated complications from injury and disease. To addre.... Read More

Why Early Childhood Education in these Unprecedented Times?

Mar 04, 2022 at 04:27 pm by Staff

By JOANNA ANDERSEN I know that growing up there were no daycares, home daycares, or anything remotely resembling an early childhood preschool of today.  It was your next.... Read More

AMA Statement on Administration’s Test-to-Treat COVID-19 Plan

Mar 04, 2022 at 03:09 pm by Staff

Gerald E. Harmon, M.D. President, American Medical Association stated that:   “While the administration laid out promising plans earlier this week t.... Read More

State of Tobacco Control 2022: Tennessee

Mar 03, 2022 at 11:45 pm by Staff

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States and in Tennessee. To address this enormous toll, the American Lung Association call.... Read More

Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers

Mar 03, 2022 at 11:17 pm by Staff

By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  [UPDATED at 10:25 a.m. ET] The Biden administration has identified core impediments to better nursing home care in its .... Read More

To Measure and Reduce Diagnostic Error, Start with the Data You Have

Mar 02, 2022 at 02:14 am by Staff

By DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD As a patient safety problem, diagnostic error differs from wrong-site surgery or medication errors. While we have not yet eliminated these errors, we.... Read More