Diabetes

Room for improvement seen with initial diabetes care

(HealthDay)—Diabetes care can be improved with enhanced communication between providers and patients and improved communication between members of the primary care team, according to a study published in the January/February ...

Other

Digital recording in skills lab helps nursing students learn

(HealthDay)—Nursing students report that using digital recording as a teaching and learning method enhances learning in the skills laboratory, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical ...

Health

Study of returns to the ER suggests lack of follow-up care

No one wants to make a repeat visit to the emergency room for the same complaint, but new research suggests it's more common than previously thought and surprisingly, people frequently wind up at a different ER the second ...

Health

In-person clinic visits at VA down by half early in pandemic

(HealthDay)—During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a 56 percent decline in in-person visits across Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient facilities, which is only partly offset by more than a twofold increase ...

Medical research

Reducing medical errors in surgery by eliminating inexact language

If you're mowing the lawn and your spouse asks you to "cut it a little shorter," any discrepancy resulting from your different interpretations of "little" is harmless. In an operating room, however, it can mean the difference, ...

Ophthalmology

AI to improve cataract surgery in the Global South

While the adequate surgical treatment of cataract is guaranteed in high-income countries, the surgical results in the Global South are often inadequate. Video recording can be used to analyze possible surgical errors, improve ...

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