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A leadership-endorsed, time-efficient wellness program called “The Practice” significantly improved wellbeing, emotional intelligence, and reduced burnout among healthcare staff.
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The Practice: A Leadership-Endorsed Workplace Intervention to Improve Well-being in Healthcare Professionals. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Mar 4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09432-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40038227
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Safety and effectiveness of chiropractic care for children has not yet been proven. Use of chiropractic care in place of evidence-based treatments without appropriate informed consent is an ethical concern and risks harm.
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Chiropractic Care in Children: A Review of Evidence and Safety. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2024 Dec 22:99228241305202. doi: 10.1177/00099228241305202. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39710943
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Altering patient health information to lower grade reading levels did not affect knowledge or patient perception of the information in the Readability Study RCT.
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The Readability Study: A Randomised Trial of Health Information Written at Different Grade Reading Levels. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec 20. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09200-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39707098
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Patients wearing hospital gowns during simulated hospital visits reported increased feelings of vulnerability and disempowerment compared to patients wearing personal clothes.
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Patient Gowns and Dehumanization During Hospital Admission: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 2;7(12):e2449936. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49936. PMID: 39656461
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In the complex world of modern medicine, it often requires purposeful thought and action to place our patients at the center of the care process. This study serves to remind us how to employ evidence-based patient-centered care during the course of emergency medicine (EM) practice.
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Recommendations for patient-centered emergency care. CJEM. 2024 Aug;26(8):513-519. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00706-3. Epub 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 38904747.
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Physician humility is crucial for tackling modern healthcare challenges, building patient trust, and fostering collaboration in medical environments. However, significant challenges exist in cultivating humility and require substantial individual and collective actions to ensure the integrity of the medical profession, enhance patient care, and support healthcare providers’ well-being.
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Physician Humility: A Review and Call to Revive Virtue in Medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Jul 30. doi: 10.7326/M24-0842. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39074373.
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Residents working in the emergency department were found to do significantly worse on cognitive tests and moral performance after working 5 consecutive night shifts compared to 5 day shifts.
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Effect of serial night shifts on the cognitive, psychomotor, and moral performance of residents in the department of Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jul 15. doi: 10.1111/acem.14980. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39007435
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Emergency medicine practice is going to be increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence (AI). This article discusses some of the ways we can expect it to impact our practice.
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The AI Future of Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 May 22:S0196-0644(24)00043-X. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.01.031. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38795081
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Unprofessional behaviors were reported most often among surgeons when comparing physician specialty subgroups.
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Physician Specialty Differences in Unprofessional Behaviors Observed and Reported by Coworkers. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(6):e2415331. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.15331
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In a controlled hypoxemia study, pulse oximetry was falsely elevated in subjects with darker skin pigmentation and low perfusion.
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Low Perfusion and Missed Diagnosis of Hypoxemia by Pulse Oximetry in Darkly Pigmented Skin: A Prospective Study. Anesth Analg. 2024 Mar 1;138(3):552-561. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006755. Epub 2023 Dec 18. PMID: 38109495.