Health Care
Strategies for measles prevention in health care facilities
As health care workers, we have daily encounters with sick patients who could potentially have a contagious illness. Measles is a particular challenge in the health care setting.
Health service use more likely with sleep apnea in older patients
The odds for future health service use in adults aged 50 years and older went up by 21% with the presence of sleep apnea, according to research presented at SLEEP 2024.
Money, marketing and inclusion needed to ‘eradicate that gap’ in health care disparities
Robert A. Winn, MD, FAACR, first called for celebration.
Distinctions between chronic, episodic migraine should include health care burden
SAN DIEGO — Distinctions between burdens faced by those who experience different levels of chronic and episodic migraine should be drawn according to external health care-related factors rather than by symptoms alone, according to a poster.
VIDEO: New ACP guidance says AI should support physician logic, not supplant it
In this video, Nadia Daneshvar, JD, MPH, a health IT policy associate at ACP, discussed the organization’s recent recommendations on the development and use of AI in health care.
Children with special health care needs may be undercounted
A yearly government-run survey may be undercounting children with special health care needs, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
VIDEO: Education on Medicare Advantage, other health care options ‘critically important’
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Getting educated on the pros and cons of Medicare Advantage may be “critically important” for patients and providers in nephrology, a speaker said, here.
Abby Wambach: Use failures as ‘fuel’ to learn, lead and inspire
SAN FRANCISCO — When two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach described the 3x5 victory photo taped to a wall that inspires her to this day, it was not the “win” one might expect.
Health care professionals, patients post different views to #PapSmear TikTok
SAN FRANCISCO — Most positive content tagged to #PapSmear on TikTok is created by health care professionals, whereas almost all negative videos are created by nonmedical users of the platform.
Families living in U.S.-Mexico borderlands see limited access to asthma health care
Rural unincorporated colonias in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands have limited access to health care, showing that geography is a determinant of health in low-income communities, according to a study published in Social Science & Medicine.