Practice Management News

A quality improvement intervention was associated with increased prenatal primary care visits within the first several months after delivery, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

A three-question screening tool was effective at identifying patients with precarious employment, a recent study found.

Calls to poison control centers to report exposures to liquid laundry detergent packets — commonly called pods — remain high in the United States, although exposures appear to have declined among young children, researchers reported.

Current practices for latent tuberculosis infection testing may be missing high-risk patients, according to a study assessing factors associated with testing and positivity, researchers said.

Gabapentinoid use has continued to increase in the last several years despite a “dearth of evidence” that supports the drug’s use, according to researchers.

There is not enough evidence to assess the benefits and harms of screening asymptomatic young children for speech and language delay and disorders, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ruled in a final recommendation.

Primary care physicians’ time spent on electronic health records substantially increased between 2019 and 2023, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Hearing loss was associated with an increased risk for mortality, but the risk was reduced among those who regularly used hearing aids, according to a recent study.

A national survey of ID fellowship program directors revealed that only about a third of programs have a dedicated infection prevention and control and health care epidemiology training track.

Chronic stress can be detrimental to health, but primary care providers can help patients manage its causes and effects, according to experts.