Importance Understanding health conditions with the most spending and variation across locations and over time is important for identifying trends, highlighting inequalities, and developing strategies for lowering health spending. Objective To estimate US health care spending for each of 3110 US counties,…
Importance Neurological examinations traditionally rely on visual analysis of physical clinical signs, such as tremor, ataxia, or nystagmus. Contemporary score-based assessments aim to standardize and quantify these observations, but these tools suffer from clinimetric limitations and often fail to capture subtle…
Importance Nearly 5% of adults have the precursor malignant condition monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS). Management centers on differentiating MGUS from more serious conditions to determine additional diagnostic testing, monitoring, and potential therapy. Observations MGUS is defined by the absence of…
This Guide to Statistics and Methods provides an overview of platform trials, describes the characteristics that make them more efficient for evidence generation, and discusses their limitations.
This Teachable Moment describes an 87-year-old man who underwent fatal complications from the use of benzocaine spray for nasopharyngeal anesthesia before the insertion of a nasogastric tube.
Dr Margaret Lozovatsky, vice president of Digital Health Innovations at the American Medical Association, discusses the evolving role of clinical informatics, opportunities in EHR integration, cybersecurity for physicians, and the role of AI in health care. She emphasizes clinician involvement…
Chris Albano, National Account Manager at AMA Insurance, shares strategies for navigating the complexities of medical liability insurance. He delves into the process of obtaining medical liability insurance, the main types of coverage available, and what to look for in…
In this episode of our Prioritizing Equity series, we are joined by international medical graduate (IMG) physicians who will discuss their experience in medicine. Panelists will reflect on their journey from medical school outside of the United States to practicing…
While many physicians would like to practice medicine without worrying about business and finance, a basic understanding will allow physicians to engage in meaningful conversations with administrators, advisors, accountants, and other members of their organization.
This Surgical Innovation discusses the use of sonolucent materials in cranial reconstruction to allow for ultrasonographic imaging following cranial neurosurgery.
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