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AMA: Case before Supreme Court threatens patient privacy
(HealthDay)—A case before the Supreme Court is potentially threatening patient confidentiality, according to the American Medical Association (AMA).
Dec 4, 2015
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Medications
Questioning seasonal variation in antibiotic prescribing
In the Northern hemisphere, cold and flu season usually strikes in late fall and early winter. Both are really unpleasant, but can't be treated by antibiotics because viruses cause the common cold and influenza. Antibiotics ...
Nov 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibiotic prescriptions increased in study to promote better prescribing for UTIs
An initiative to improve prescribing of antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTIs) resulted in better-quality prescribing of first-line antibiotics, although the number of prescriptions also increased, according to new ...
Nov 16, 2015
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How different types of nurses impact the health of patients with diabetes
More than 28,000 nurses in the UK can prescribe the same medicines as doctors provided that it is in their level of experience and competence. A new study looks at whether there is added value of having nurse prescribers, ...
Sep 21, 2015
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Medications
Antibiotics often prescribed for veterans with ARIs
(HealthDay)—Though antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) varies greatly among providers, veterans with ARIs commonly receive antibiotics, according to a study published in the July 21 issue of the ...
Aug 13, 2015
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Study finds link between physician training and brand name prescribing
Physicians in training are twice as likely to order a costly brand-name statin (used to lower blood cholesterol levels) when supervised by senior physicians who prefer those medications in their own practice, according to ...
Jul 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health-care providers a major contributor to problem of antibiotic overuse
10 percent of health care providers write an antibiotic prescription for nearly every patient (95 percent or more) who walks in with a cold, bronchitis or other acute respiratory infection (ARI), according to a new Centers ...
Jul 20, 2015
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Pediatrics
Researchers uncover motivations for the high level of prescribed antibiotics for children's coughs
Researchers from the University of Bristol have investigated what leads to high use of antibiotics for children with coughs and found the motives for their use are complex but centre around children being vulnerable.
Jul 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pilot program in pediatric long-term care facility halves topical antibiotic use
A pilot antibiotic stewardship program at a pediatric long-term care facility brought about a 59 percent decrease in use of a topical antibiotic and an 83 percent decrease in orders for antibiotics without proper documentation ...
Jun 25, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Positive plus negative treatment recs cut antibiotic Rx
(HealthDay)—For children with viral acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI), combined use of positive and negative treatment recommendations is associated with reduced risk of antibiotic prescribing, according to a study ...
May 14, 2015
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