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Patients with fibromyalgia who take opioids and consume caffeine have significantly lower pain interference, pain catastrophizing, less pain severity and depressive symptoms, and higher physical function than patients taking opioids who avoid caffeine. By Katie Estes, PhD Interviews with Ryan Scott, MPH, CPH and Don Goldenberg, MD. A reported 85% of American adults consume caffeine on […]
Read MoreBY BRUCE D. SOKLER AND FARRAH SHORT A physician organization has failed to sufficiently plead that a physician certification group caused an unreasonable restraint of trade through its actions to promulgate its certification program. Last week, a district court dismissed the case that centered on the defendant organization’s agreement with a hospital accreditation company to encourage the use […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mary Jane Kornacki, MS Amicus, Inc. Consider this brief exchange, and how a physician leader ought to respond: Chief of surgery at department meeting: “Our metrics around rehospitalization for the past half year haven’t gotten any better. The board quality committee asked some hard questions about medical staff plans to move the numbers, so that’s […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jason M. Slagle, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2018, Vol.128, 44-54. Background: When workload is low, anesthesia providers may perform non–patient care activities of a clinical, educational, or personal nature. Data are limited on the incidence or impact of distractions on actual care. We examined the prevalence of self-initiated nonclinical distractions and their effects on anesthesia […]
Read MoreRecent Studies Reject Idea That Bouffant Caps Are Better At Preventing Infection Organizations representing surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses will gather in early 2018 to review evidence on the controversial issue of operating room attire, after a series of recent studies showed bouffant caps do not appear to be associated with a reduced risk for surgical […]
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