Hospital Medicine News

To curb unnecessary antibiotic use, clinicians should educate patients on the potential harms of its use on individuals rather than society or antibiotic resistance, researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

More male than female residents interrupt during teaching conferences, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Although the risk for vertical transmission of COVID-19 appears rare, a lower-than-expected rate of transplacental transfer of antibodies suggests children born to infected mothers may be at risk for infection, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

A quality improvement initiative resulted in increased frequency of peripheral IV placement in the dominant arm for hospitalized children with kidney disease.

A nurse navigator–led intervention called ACPWise that was incorporated into an electronic health record interface increased the frequency of advanced care planning discussions in primary care, data show.

Three years after Oregon implemented Medicaid expansion in 2014, the proportion of women in the state who initiated prenatal care in their first trimester had increased by 1.5 percentage points, data published in Preventive Medicine showed.

In the United States, almost a third of deliveries in 2018 — 31.9% — were completed via cesarean section, according to the CDC.

More than 40% of antibiotics prescribed in Veterans Health Administration EDs and urgent care centers for acute respiratory infections were prescribed with an inappropriate indication, according to a study.

Infected mothers appear to be “unlikely” to spread SARS-CoV-2 to newborns while rooming-in, Italian researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

Healio Primary Care is pleased to announce the creation of its Peer Perspective Board — a group of dedicated experts who will help guide our efforts to provide the latest news and updates that impact daily practice.