Changing Medicine
Quality Improvement Metrics to Shed Light on Geriatric Workforce Training
Vanderbilt is providing feedback to assess how well MIPS measures are meeting goals for geriatric patients.
Health Coaching Creates Lasting Lifestyle Changes
Study shows effectiveness is sustained beyond coaching period in patients managing chronic disease.
Urinary Microbiome Studies May Improve Pediatric UTI Treatment
Study in infants identifies key species among abundant population.
Nuanced View of Steroid Treatment Emerges in Large Infant Heart Study
The research takes an economical approach that may encourage additional large, randomized controlled trials in pediatrics.
Metzl to Congress: ‘Larger Forces’ at Root of Health Disparities
Training physicians to adopt a structural-competency framework can impart a more holistic viewpoint, a need that has been magnified by the pandemic.
Clinicians and Pharmacists Join Forces to Fill Gaps in Prescription Oversight
Complex conditions and more specialty drugs lead forward-thinking physicians to forge clinical partnerships with pharmacists.
Exposing the Genetics of Arrhythmias
The eMERGE-III study of heart arrhythmia gene variants reflects the wondrous but fraught potential of next-generation sequencing.
Testing Equipment Devised to Relieve Pandemic Shortage
The PytuTester developed bycritical care physicians and bioengineers enables testing of DIY ventilators in low-resource countries.
Research + First Gen Advocacy Earns ‘Fellows’ Stature for Imaging Science Professor
Seth Smith, Ph.D., an MRI expert and now an AIMBE fellow, has refined imaging capabilities to improve diagnosis of MS and other diseases.
4 ‘M’s Improve Care for Older Adults
Systems-wide updates aid in implementation of the 4Ms, a framework for providing high-quality care for older patients.
Can Fish Oil Influence Smoking Habits During Pregnancy?
Researchers pilot fish oil in efforts to lower smoking rates and achieve better outcomes for babies.