Patient and provider characteristics associated with difficult clinical encounters
1. In this systematic review, 17% of primary care patients were perceived as difficult by physicians, particularly those with depression, ...
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Kenya’s AI Consult reduces errors in 20000 clinical encounters
Key Points: 1. AI Consult lowered diagnostic errors by 16 percent and treatment errors by 13 percent across sixteen Nairobi clinics. 2. A simple ...
Mazdutide significantly reduces weight in adults with overweight or obesity
1. In this randomized controlled trial, weekly administration of Mazdutide resulted in significant weight reduction in adults classified as overweight ...
Differential optimal follicle sizes for ovulatory dysfunction and unexplained infertility
1. Among patients with ovulatory dysfunction, dominant follicles measuring 17–18.9 mm were associated with poorer pregnancy outcomes compared to follicles ≥ 19 ...
Artificial intelligence-powered documentation fails to significantly improve clinician efficiency
1. Liu and colleagues compared efficiency between two groups of clinicians, with one group using an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered documentation ...
Couple-based intervention may be more effective in the management of type 2 diabetes in adults
1. A couple-based intervention strategy for Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) showed greater decreases in HbA1c in ...
Reduced pneumococcal vaccine schedules non-inferior to WHO recommendations
1. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, it was found that a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule involving a single primary ...
Communities That HEAL intervention does not reduce opioid-related mortality
1. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, in communities with a high rate of opioid-related overdoses, the implementation of the Communities ...
Electronic health record-based programs can increase screening for intimate partner violence
1. In a cluster randomized clinical trial, electronic health record (EHR)-based intervention increased the frequency of screening and identifying individuals ...
Suicide care implementation in primary care decreases suicide attempts
1. In this secondary analysis of a stepped-wedge randomized trial, implementing strategies for suicide prevention concurrently with substance care programs ...
