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September

� Resident work-hour limits don’t increase patient mortality - Sept. 2
� Brief: New online portal for residents focuses on safety, quality care - Sept. 2
� American Medical News ceases publication after 55-year run - Sept. 2
� Feature: Confronting bias against obese patients - Sept. 2
� Doctors need delicate touch when children are over-scheduled - Sept. 2

August

� Conflict-of-interest scorecard expands to teaching hospitals - Aug. 28
� Brief: Drug compounding company issues sterile products recall - Aug. 26
� Study details how primary care diagnoses get delayed - Aug. 26
� Liability fears drive doctors to defensive medicine, study reaffirms - Aug. 21
� Leapfrog unveils way to gauge cost of medical errors - Aug. 19
� Brief: Health IT identifies high-risk patients to cut readmissions - Aug. 19
� Small doctor groups using IPAs to deliver care management - Aug. 19
� Patients improve test compliance by considering health impact - Aug. 19
� Care for back pain often out of sync with medical guidelines - Aug. 14
� Feature: Diabetes prevention: Set on a course for lifestyle change - Aug. 12
� Brief: Appellate court blocks ban on supersized sodas - Aug. 12
� Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas - Aug. 12
� Brief: Health care-associated infections cost $45 billion annually - Aug. 5
� Brief: Medical studies often overturn standards of care - Aug. 5
� Quality initiative nets modest drop in readmissions - Aug. 5
� Buddy programs link med students, Alzheimer’s patients - Aug. 5

July

� Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier - July 31
� How medical care teams can keep patients at the center of their work - July 29
� More hospitals earn good grades for LGBT-friendly policies - July 29
� Brief: Majority of parents don’t know lifetime CT scan cancer risks - July 29
� Brief: 4.3 million opioid prescriptions go to “doctor shoppers” - July 29
� Feature: Physician liability: Your team, your legal risk - July 29
� Better patient safety is goal of confidential EHR error reports - July 24
� Elder abuse claim adds new liability risk for doctors - July 22
� Patient location and condition signal odds of drug compliance - July 22
� Checklist helps staff properly disinfect dialysis centers - July 22
� Brief: Drug-use data aid emergency doctors with opioid prescribing - July 22
� Brief: Shorter shifts mean big cuts in interns' operating experience - July 22
� Primary care shortfall could be worse than predicted - July 17
� Medical liability reform quick to trigger legal challenges - July 15
� Brief: Care transition program nets big drop in readmissions - July 15
� Medical liability: Missed follow-ups a potent trigger of lawsuits - July 15
� Palliative care's role grows in solving end-of-life conflicts - July 15
� Brief: JAMA changes editorial policy on trial-data analysis - July 15
� New pain management CME addresses opioid complexities - July 10
� Patients average only C+ on drug compliance - July 8
� Court gives hospital narrow win on peer review - July 8
� Brief: NIH will retire most research chimpanzees - July 8
� Brief: Burnout, depression common among anesthesiology residents - July 8
� Emergency department relief? Keep doctor offices open late - July 8
� Marked decline in Medicare patients who spend final days in hospital - July 3
� Feature: Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1
� Brief: Medication misuse, noncompliance exceed $200 billion - July 1
� Facebook grapples with rules for patients seeking organ donors - July 1
� Brief: Variation in ED imaging rates not dependent on physician training - July 1
� When a patient shuns care, doctor checklist includes compromise - July 1

June

� Med school grants aim to strengthen geriatric care - June 26
� Feature: Redesigning the patient experience for safer care - June 24
� Ruling slows out-of-network doctors’ fight for fair pay - June 24
� Flu shot mandate yields results without scaring off health workers - June 24
� Brief: New rules toughen evidence for medical guideline recommendations - June 24
� Brief: Poll: Doctor’s advice key to clinical trial participation - June 24
� Study tallies cost of growing reliance on emergency care - June 19
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� Brief: Doctor denied more damages from medical association - June 17
� Brief: A third of med students show bias against obese patients - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� Mentoring project aims to increase minorities in medicine - June 12
� Brief: Massive study yields answers on MRSA prevention - June 10
� Tort reform challenge threatens medical liability premiums - June 10
� 3 more states require photo ID proof of medical credentials - June 10
� Brief: Dialysis patients, doctors often out of sync on prognosis - June 10
� Feature: 5 reasons to fire your attorney - June 10
� Research uncovers formula for enhancing informed consent - June 5
� Clinical guidelines often not so precise when it comes to cost - June 3
� Brief: Pressured medical residents produce faulty death certificates - June 3
� Brief: Hospitals urged to act on malnutrition “epidemic” - June 3
� Brief: Embattled Dr. Karabus returns home safely to South Africa - June 3
� Serious work put into making primary care fun again - June 3
� Doctors have duty to examine ads that will use their names - June 3

May

� State takes first-ever path to approve assisted suicide - May 29
� Brief: Doctors and NPs sharply divided over scope of practice - May 27
� Brief: Cloning method yields embryonic stem cells - May 27
� Multimillion-dollar verdict for doctor hailed as victory against insurer tactic - May 27
� Cancer prevention: Jolie's choice creates patient demand for tests - May 27
� Feature: A time to apply lessons learned - May 27
� Federal action sought to curtail drug noncompliance - May 22
� Feature: VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics - May 20
� Brief: Slight drop reported in pharma pay to doctors - May 20
� Brief: Guidelines for end-of-life care get update - May 20
� Unwanted price to hospitalists’ growth -- more liability suits - May 20
� Learn when it’s safe for doctors to say they’re sorry - May 20
� Medical ethics language doesn’t stick with students - May 15
� Brief: Hospitals report drops in pressure ulcers, harmful falls - May 13
� Brief: Med schools on track to hit 30% enrollment growth target - May 13
� Pediatricians offer newborn care standards for home births - May 13
� Qualifications of medical expert witnesses come under fire - May 13
� Patient safety push boosts flu shots among hospital workers - May 13
� Doctors often miss nonmedical clues in patient visits - May 8
� Diagnostic errors are lead cause of medical liability payouts - May 6
� Doctors strike back at EHR vendor with class-action suit - May 6
� Caregivers have boundaries when speaking for patients - May 6
� Doctors warned on traveling to practice in Emirates - May 1

April

� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Brief: Pharma reps rarely mention drug hazards - April 29
� Feature: Calming a hospital culture clash - April 29
� Brief: Doctor wins in expert witness case against medical society - April 29
� AMA targets 2 diseases to improve outcomes in multiyear initiative - April 29
� Joint Commission alerts hospitals to “alarm fatigue” - April 24
� Staff slipups on patient privacy can get doctors sued - April 22
� Med schools improve grades on cutting links to pharma - April 22
� Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol - April 22
� Brief: Nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions may be unnecessary - April 22
� Brief: AMA online seminar to cover Sunshine Act’s impact on doctors - April 22
� Emergency doctors promote patient handoff checklist - April 17
� Feature: Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now - April 15
� Hospitals teach being “conversation-ready” for end-of-life care - April 15
� Brief: Physician organizations get grants to reduce unneeded tests - April 15
� Brief: Fill rate for 2013 Match hits new high - April 15
� Insurers spend little from premiums on quality improvement - April 10
� Should flu shots for health professionals be required? - April 8
� Cardiac treatment improves after taking page from Toyota playbook - April 8
� Residents doubt work-hour limits benefit patient safety - April 8
� Brief: DEA backs tighter labeling for opioids - April 8
� Brief: New guidance issued on preventing C. diff - April 8
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Brief: FDA video stresses safe use of acetaminophen - April 1
� Brief: AMA picks finalists for $10 million medical education initiative - April 1
� Quality effort yields big drop in death rate at hospitals - April 1
� Feature: Is your EHR ready for the ADA? - April 1

March

� Hospitals found lacking in patient satisfaction efforts - March 27
� Primary care's Match Day rebound still comes up short - March 25
� Brief: Drug errors main result of distractions at hospitals - March 25
� Brief: Costs impede growth of paired kidney exchanges - March 25
� Doctor-pharma ties defended on eve of pay reporting mandate - March 25
� Medical charting errors can drive patient liability suits - March 25
� 2 state court rulings rebuff challenges on liability caps - March 20
� Brief: Public to get free access to federally funded research - March 18
� Brief: 2 in 3 patients who get CT scans aren’t told about risks - March 18
� Warning sounded on demoralized health care work force - March 18
� Feature: How to talk about hospice care - March 18
� New app gives readers access across entire JAMA Network - March 18
� Brief: Follow-up contact means more satisfied ED patients - March 11
� Brief: Pharma gifts to med students and residents still common - March 11
� ACA limits what happens after patient guns discussion - March 11
� Primary care time squeeze explains errors in diagnosis - March 11
� Personality fit trumps finances in medical specialty choice - March 11
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� Campaign to fight unneeded tests targets “more is better” mindset - March 4
� Brief: Dialysis catheters linked to higher death rates - March 4
� Brief: AMA medical education grant initiative garners huge response - March 4
� Feature: Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit - March 4
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4

February

� Toolkit offers new ideas for preventing hospital falls - Feb. 26
� When to consider suing an insurer for underpayment - Feb. 25
� Black men increasingly hard to find in medical schools - Feb. 25
� Brief: Brief training has impact on prescription communication - Feb. 25
� Ways EHRs can lead to unintended safety problems - Feb. 25
� Brief: Older doctors more likely to grant brand-name drug requests - Feb. 25
� Harm of hospital “July effect” further cast into doubt - Feb. 19
� Pharma gift bans for budding doctors have long-term impact - Feb. 18
� Brief: Medical homes deliver on quality but not yet on cost - Feb. 18
� Feature: Motivating patients to make wise choices - Feb. 18
� Brief: Broader use of opioid antidote slashes overdose death rate - Feb. 18
� Patient respect drops when doctors diagnose with computer - Feb. 12
� Do missing mental health notes undermine EHRs? - Feb. 11
� Conversation skills key when treating truculent teens - Feb. 11
� Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits - Feb. 11
� Brief: Hospitals stumble in preventing harmful “never events” - Feb. 11
� Brief: New pre-op checklists coming earlier in surgery cycle - Feb. 11
� EHRs: “Sloppy and paste” endures despite patient safety risk - Feb. 4
� Brief: AMA honors 5 doctors for charity care in U.S. and abroad - Feb. 4
� Brief: Cost not a factor in physician orders of imaging tests - Feb. 4
� Brief: Project cuts risky prescriptions among seniors - Feb. 4
� New tort reform law a “tremendous win” for doctors - Feb. 4
� Feature: How doctors can spot patients likely to sue - Feb. 4
� Firing hinges on employed doctor's medical judgment - Feb. 4

January

� Disparities in care for blacks linked to segregation, unconscious bias - Jan. 28
� Brief: Drug errors rarely disclosed to hospital patients - Jan. 28
� Brief: Checklists help improve handling of surgical crises - Jan. 28
� AMA pledges millions to jump-start innovation in medical education - Jan. 28
� Medical boards keep wary eye on doctors' social media posts - Jan. 28
� Unresolved liability suits cast long shadow over physicians - Jan. 23
� Surgical errors: In ORs, “never events” occur 80 times a week - Jan. 21
� Brief: Low health literacy linked to poor COPD outcomes - Jan. 21
� Brief: Older, sicker donors exacerbate organ shortage - Jan. 21
� Feature: Death certificates present final medical complication - Jan. 21
� New GME model strives to keep doctors in underserved areas - Jan. 21
� VA finds shorter stays don't lead to readmissions - Jan. 16
� Chronic pain medicines should come with behavioral pacts - Jan. 14
� EHR-related errors soar but few harm patients - Jan. 14
� Brief: Emails prompt doctors to note patients’ end-of-life choices - Jan. 14
� Brief: Bill aimed at safer pharmaceutical compounding - Jan. 14
� Stem cell research center needs overhaul, IOM panel says - Jan. 8
� Feature: Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress - Jan. 7
� Pairing checklists with teamwork improves patient outcomes - Jan. 7
� Brief: Pediatricians call for doctors in all school districts - Jan. 7
� Brief: Residents should refine skills at simulation centers, report says - Jan. 7

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