A study published in the March 14 issue of JAMA , reveals that patients of hospitals in Ontario, Canada, have better quality of care, lower rates of death and readmissions if they receive treatment in hospitals that spend more on procedures, higher in…
The sixth edition of The American College of Physicians (ACP) Ethics Manual has been published as an addition to the current issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP’s leading journal. The aim of the manual is to help the way ethical decisions in clin…
A new poll just released should bring a smile to a few faces, as well as perhaps save some medical costs. Primary care physicians that were surveyed described how they are practicing more aggressively than they would like, while nearly half of them est…
According to an investigation in the September 7 issue of JAMA, a medical education theme issue in a recent academic year, suboptimal quality-of-life, dissatisfaction with work-life balance, and burnout symptoms of emotional exhaustion which were linke…
