Failures in using personal protective equipment are commonly observed
1. In this qualitative study, active failures in infectious agent transmission precaution practices were observed frequently. 2. Common failures include:...
Increased attending supervision may not reduce medical errors and may decrease educational outcomes
1. In this randomized controlled trial, increasing direct attending physician supervision did not reduce the rate of medical errors. 2....
Restrictive state alcohol policies may reduce alcohol-related crash fatalities
1. Increasingly restrictive state alcohol policies were associated with reduced odds that a crash fatality was alcohol related, both when...
Long-acting buprenorphine depot injections may be efficacious in treatment of opioid use disorder
1. In this double-blind randomized controlled trial, weekly or monthly buprenorphine depot injections were non-inferior to daily sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone in...
Hospice care may not decrease Medicare costs in patients on maintenance dialysis
1. In this cross-sectional study, of those patients on maintenance hemodialysis that were referred to hospice care, 41.5% received care...
Systematic crosschecking between emergency physicians may decrease adverse events
1. In this cluster randomized crossover trial, implementation of a systematic crosschecking program between two emergency physicians significantly reduced the...
Smartphone medication adherence application did not improve systolic blood pressure
1. In this randomized controlled trial, there was no significant difference in systolic blood pressure across participants that used the...
Medicare pre-ESRD care results in more dialysis initiation but also increased two-year mortality
1. Veterans receiving pre-end stage renal disease (ESRD) nephrology care in under the Medicare system were more likely to undergo...
Outpatient led intervention did not decrease heavy drinking at one year
1. In this randomized controlled trial, there was no significant difference between the CHOICE intervention (intervention led by nurse care...
Stricter state firearm laws associated with lower rates of firearm suicide and homicide
1. Strong state firearm laws were associated with lower firearm suicide and homicide rates and overall suicide rates regardless of...