Most patients are diagnosed at a far less treatable, later stage of the disease. And with about 20% of lung cancer deaths preventable, evidence-based screening recommendations for high-risk patients offer the best hope to catch the disease early and provide the best chance for effective treatment. A medical oncologist shares more.
Patient safety indicators (PSIs) have emerged as pivotal tools in assessing the quality of care provided by healthcare institutions. They serve as measurable benchmarks derived from administrative ...
The American Journal of Managed Care: Major Bleeding Prevention, Treatment Requires Vigilance in Patients With ET
UK graduate job crisis: A 21-year-old graduate’s struggle to find a job in the UK has gone viral, highlighting the growing challenges in the graduate job market. Khaled Sharif, a top-performing student from Kingston University, has applied to nearly 500 jobs but received fewer than 20 interview calls.
Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education. Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials.
Most patients 65 or older prefer in-person care, but the majority tell researchers that they were satisfied with the care they received via telehealth and they want it to continue to be an option.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, Efstathios Kondylis, MD, a neurosurgeon at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, took time to discuss what patients should know about essential tremor.