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Empagliflozin Improves Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
In addition to favorable effects on glucose control and cardiovascular outcomes, treatment with empagliflozin was associated with meaningful reductions in adverse renal outcomes.
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Topicals for Atopic Dermatitis: Calcineurin Inhibitors vs. Corticosteroids
Topical corticosteroids should remain the first-line treatment for atopic dermatitis.
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What’s the Best Way to Remove a Tick?
The successful tweezer technique was simple: Grab the mouth parts, do not rotate, and pull off directly.
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Efficacy of Water Aerobics for Overweight and Obese Hypertensive Women
Clinicians who provide exercise advice to overweight and obese hypertensive patients should find some reassurance about the safety of aerobic exercise in this population.
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Mobile Technology May Ease ED Overcrowding
Overcrowding and long wait times clogging up your ED? Some potential solutions may be found in mobile apps.
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CMS Eases MACRA Implementation Anxiety
Changes to the CMS payment initiative give physicians flexible options to ease into reporting requirements.
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Non-technical Skills Matter With Safety
Patient safety before, during, and after surgery requires an appropriately educated, committed, and empowered healthcare team, according to recommendations presented at the inaugural National Surgical Patient Safety Summit in Rosemont, IL.
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Four Outpatient Surgery Situations You May Encounter and the Best Solutions
One of the most popular features in this column is bringing examples of what we are seeing at the 30,000-foot level across 49 states where we have clients. (Come on, Hawaii. Where are you?)
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Boost Collections by 634%? Surgery Center At This Hospital Has Done It
Registrars at The Cooper Health System in Camden, NJ, recently began giving patients who are hospital employees a new option: to use one, two, or three payroll deductions to take care of their copays. This seemingly minor change gave revenue a major boost.
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OCR: Ransomware Attack Usually a Data Breach
With ransomware attacks a continuing threat to healthcare providers, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is warning that, in addition to all the other headaches, such incidents could be considered a data breach under HIPAA.