Healio Minute Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 Edition: Teen asthma initiative succeeds, online eye wear sales slow, physician wait times analyzed

What just happened in medicine and why do you care?

Asthma care initiative shows positive results among teens

Healio.com/Pediatrics: Interventions focused on standardized and evidence-based care, self-management support, care coordination and active outreach, linkage to community resources, and enhanced follow-up for selected patients brought sustained improvement. Read more.

Online eye wear purchases dip in 2013

Healio.com/Optometry: Approximately 23% of those using the Internet to assist in their last purchase of eye wear actually ended up making the purchase directly online, survey reports. Read more.

Average wait time to schedule physician appointment longest in Boston

Healio.com: According to survey, it took an average of 49 days to see a dermatologist in Philadelphia, 28 days to see a cardiologist in Denver, 35 days to schedule an ob/gyn appointment in Portland, Ore.; 18 days to see an orthopedic surgeon in San Diego; and 26 days to see a family physician in New York. Read more.

Preoperative MRI for breast cancer did not reduce risk for local, distant recurrence

Healio.com/Hematology-Oncology: Findings support growing body of data suggesting little improvement in outcomes result from using the modality routinely in the non-high-risk preoperative setting, according to an accompanying editorial. Read more.

Elderly women, minorities less adherent to acute MI therapy

Healio.com/Cardiology: Results suggest a continued controversy focused on women receiving less aggressive treatment with preventive therapies than men for acute miocardial infarction. Read more.