Methods Setting and Population The methods of the PCDM trial have been previously described.18 The study was conducted at the VA medical centers in Denver, Colorado, Palo Alto, California, Richmond, Virginia, and Seattle, Washington, as well as at their affiliated community-based outpatient clinic...
Analysis of physicians’ perspectives versus patients’ preferences: direct assessment and discrete choice experiments in the therapy of multiple myeloma. Eur J Health Econ. 2011;12:193–203. Article PubMed Google Scholar Mavris M, Furia Helms A, Bere N. Engaging patients in medicines regulation:...
114]. To implement integrated nutrition care in cancer, coordination of messaging is needed. To support policy makers, service providers, and patient advocates the following first steps
One factor often overlooked is theimpact of shift work. Both nurses and physicians often work in shifts where the time of day worked varies and it is clear that such practices may have a number of detrimental effects in any industry. A nice discussion of this was provided in anarticle by ...
Emergency physicians should consider several aspects in the management of suspected infection, shown in Table 1 below [4-6,13-19].Multiple factors determine the net state of immunosuppression including past and current treatments, underlying comorbidities, presence of necrotic tissue or fluid collection...
Future research in the neurologically critically ill population is needed to address these challenges and can be accomplished through assessment tool development and EOL educational training. First, to better identify specific neuropalliative care needs in the neuro-ICU, the development and validation of...
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 730 East Broad Street, Suite 430, 980306, Richmond, VA, USA Wally R. Smith MD Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcome Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmon...
(BPH). In the last few years, telemedicine and telehealth have increased exponentially as cost-effective treatment options for both patients and physicians. Telemedicine and telehealth have been well positioned during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent healthcare system overload and to ensure adequate ...