The recent Charter on Physician Well-being calls for a partnership and commitment among medical professionals and healthcare organizations to address the epidemic of physician burnout and to promote a culture of well-being. Physicians who are well are better able to serve their patients, students, colleagues, profession, and society. Pledging a…
Heart failure has a growing global impact. The incidence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in particular has been consistently increasing, and it will likely become the prevailing type of heart failure. Despite the growing predominance, less is known about the underlying mechanisms that contribute to HFpEF compared…
Hospital readmission is a major burden for patients, caregivers, and health systems. One study of Medicare fee-for-service patients found that 1 in 5 are rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge. In 2011, there were 3.3 million readmissions in the United States across all payers contributing to 41.3 billion in total…
Medical cannabis use is common in the United States and increasingly more socially acceptable. As more patients seek out and acquire medical cannabis, primary care physicians will be faced with a growing number of patients seeking information on the indications, efficacy, and safety of medical cannabis. We present a case…
There is a notable lack of education on nutrition and physical activity guidelines in medical schools and postgraduate training. The purpose of this study is to assess the nutrition and exercise knowledge and personal health behaviors of physicians in the Department of Medicine at a large academic center. Methods. We conducted…
The number of deaths from gun violence continues to increase in the United States. Despite multiple studies demonstrating that counseling patients leads to safer gun storage, it is not routinely practiced by physicians. There are multiple barriers to discussing firearms with patients. A barrier in Florida, until recently, was a…
This report describes a novel method to enhance medical student understanding of systems-based practice and patient safety through experiential learning, assessing the perceived value of student identified patient safety and systems vulnerabilities, and their proposed interventions at academic children’s hospitals. Genuardi, F. J., Kelly, M. N., Rosenberg, E. I.,…
Implementation of quality improvement (QI) activities is growing in health care settings across the world. Within cardiovascular imaging, areas for improvement include consistency of result reporting, greater patient safety through reductions in radiation exposure, and greater efficiency of care delivery by elimination of wasteful practices and elimination of low-value or…
As survival after cancer diagnosis increases, patients are increasingly turning toward integrative therapies (e.g., yoga, acupuncture, massage) to manage acute and chronic concerns related to cancer treatment and survivorship. As such, integrative medicine programs devoted to combining conventional Western cancer care with complementary treatments such as yoga, acupuncture, botanicals, and…
Background: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are high risk medications with short half-lives making adherence vitally important. Global measures for adherence have been described; however, there is a lack of patient-level data on adherence. Katherine Huber, Mircea Sorin, Carolyn Stalvey, Eric Dietrich, et. al.
