Is it Time to Recognize Political Anxiety as a Social Determinant of Health? by Brandon Ambrosino

“…Photo ID 23828612 © Thevirex | Dreamstime.com Introduction Physicians are on the lookout for social determinants of health, which are those economic, social, and environmental factors that shape a person’s well-being (or lack of it). …”
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Patient Non-Adherence to Medication in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Alan BR Thomson

“…Dr Sewitch and colleagues at the University of Montreal and McGill University undertook a prospective study that provided evidence for the important relationship between patient-physician discordance and patient nonadherence with medication for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).…”
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Errors in Aerosol Inhaler Use and Their Effects on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes among Pregnant Asthmatic Women (Subanalysis from QAKCOP Study) by Wanis H. Ibrahim, Fatima Rasul, Mushtaq Ahmad, Abeer S. Bajwa, Laith I. Alamlih, Anam M. El Arabi, Dhabia Al-Mohannadi, Mohammed Y. Siddiqui, Israa S. Al-Sheikh, Azdin A. Ibrahim

“…This was a cross-sectional, face-to-face, prospective study of 80 pregnant women with physician-diagnosed asthma. Seventy-three and 41 asthmatic pregnant women reported using pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) and dry powder inhalers (DPIs), respectively. …”
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Mixed Comparative Evaluation of a Training Program Dedicated to Cystic Fibrosis Reference Centers: Protocol for the Pilot Implementation of Shared Decision-Making in the Treatment... by Nora Moumjid, Constance Gotte, Sophie Hommey, Stéphanie Poupon Bourdy, Julie Haesebaert, Isabelle Durieu, Quitterie Reynaud

“…This situation is particularly well suited to shared decision-making (SDM) between the physician (health care team) and patient/relatives. …”
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Artificial Intelligence Scribe and Large Language Model Technology in Healthcare Documentation: Advantages, Limitations, and Recommendations by Sarah A. Mess, MD, Alison J. Mackey, PhD, David E. Yarowsky, PhD

“…This provides physicians with increased cognitive freedom during medical encounters due to less time needed interfacing with electronic medical records. …”
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Development and validation of trigger tools in primary care: A scoping review. by Inge Dhamanti, Elida Zairina, Ida Nurhaida, Salsabila Salsabila, Fitri Yakub

“…The validation process was then carried out in two steps by both physician and non-physician experts for content and concurrent validity. …”
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Legacy of Dr. Saul Hertz by Marina S. Sheremeta, Maria O. Korchagina, Alexey A. Trukhin, Galina A. Mel'nichenko

“…Saul Hertz was a physician and scientist who invented and implemented the use of radioactive iodine (RAI) for medical purposes. …”
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Revolutionizing Ophthalmic Care: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence by L. Subha, Atul Sharma, Anita Misra

“…Traditional diagnostic methods rely on physician expertise, resulting in high misdiagnosis rates and data inefficiency. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers by Derrick Huang, Latha Ganti, Emily Weeks Graham, Dipal Shah, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Morthatha Al-Bassam, Frank Fraunfelter, Mike Falgiani, Leoh Leon, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz

“…We sought to investigate predictors of openness to vaccination among healthcare workers who choose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to explore potential solutions. # Methods Physicians, physician assistants, and nurses who chose not to be vaccinated were surveyed to decipher reasons for vaccine refusal and personal loss due to the virus along with demographic variables. …”
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Factors Associated with Persistence with Teriparatide Therapy: Results from the DANCE Observational Study by Deborah T. Gold, David L. Weinstein, Gerhardt Pohl, Kelly D. Krohn, Yi Chen, Eric S. Meadows

“…Side effects, concern about improper use, injection difficulties, and several patient-perceived physician issues were associated with early discontinuation. …”
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The Use of Telemedicine Access to Schools to Facilitate Expert Assessment of Children with Asthma by David A. Bergman, Paul J. Sharek, Kathryn Ekegren, Shannon Thyne, Michelle Mayer, Mara Saunders

“…The assessment and recommendations for care were sent to the primary care physician (PCP) and parents were told to contact their physician for follow-up care. …”
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Adverse drug reactions in the ambulatory internal patients at the emergency department: Focus on causality assessment and drug-drug interactions by Verbič Matej Dobravc, Brvar Miran, Kos Mojca Kerec

“…Additional clinical judgment, including the opinion of the treating physician, proved necessary to avoid under-rating of the causality relationship, and enabled the determination of clinically expressed DDIs.…”
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Validity of Palmar Pallor for Diagnosis of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months in North India by Arun Kumar Aggarwal, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Deepak Sharma, Ajith Prabhu

“…Kappa agreement between a health worker and a physician was 0.48 (95% CI = 0.298–0.666) and then increased to 0.51 when categories of severe pallor and mild pallor were merged. …”
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Quality of Outpatient Care in Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Georges Choueiry, Anna Maria Henaine, Rayan Darwish, Pascale Salameh

“…Overall, patients expressed satisfaction with the waiting time, physician and staff behavior, outcomes, and instructions received. …”
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Treatment patterns and clinical profile in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: a Japanese cross-sectional survey by Hidekata Yasuoka, Yuko Waseda, Yuko Kaneko, Masateru Okazaki, Ryoko Iwasaki, Shoko Nagata, Mark Small, Haruyuki Ishii

“…Physicians reported 82.3% of patients as fully compliant with their treatment regimen. …”
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Adherence to CRC Screening and Surveillance Guidelines when Using Split-Dose Bowel Preparation by Stacy B. Menees, H. Myra Kim, Grace H. Elta, Sheryl Korsnes, Philip Schoenfeld

“…To prospectively assess physician recommendations for repeat colonoscopy in an average-risk screening cohort. …”
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Urban-Rural Disparity of Generics Prescription in Taiwan: The Example of Dihydropyridine Derivatives by Chia-Chen Hsu, Chia-Lin Chou, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Yueh-Ching Chou

“…The aggregate generic prescribing ratio rose from 6.7% at academic medical centers to 15.3% at regional hospitals, 29.4% at community hospital, and 66.1% at physician clinics. Among physician clinics, the generic prescribing ratio in urban areas was 63.9 ± 41.0% (mean ± standard deviation), lower than that in suburban (69.6 ± 38.7%) and in rural (74.1% ± 35.3%). …”
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Misdiagnosis of Extensive Maxillofacial Infection and Its Relationship with Periodontal Problems and Hyperglycemia by Cristian Statkievicz, Leonardo P. Faverani, Pedro Henrique Silva Gomes-Ferreira, Gabriel Ramalho-Ferreira, Idelmo Rangel Garcia-Junior

“…It emphasizes the importance of a dentist working with the physician in emergency room.…”
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CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY, AND POTENTIAL PROGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS IN A COHORT FROM A REFERENCE CENTER IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL by João Pedro Pattussi BERTINATTI, Josenel Maria Barcelos MARÇAL, Eduardo CAMBRUZZI, Dido Eliphas LEÃO DE ALENCAR

“…Lack of timely identification by the attending physician can delay diagnosis, increasing mortality.…”
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The Effect of Clinical Decision Support System on the Rates of Patients Who Reapply to the Emergency Department with the Same Diagnosis by İlker Köse, Elife Özkan

“…The root cause analysis determined that non-branch physicians and after-hours visits contributed to the increase in readmissions to the emergency department within 24 hours. …”
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