«Increased awareness of multiple births resulting from non-IVF fertility treatments may lead to improved
medical practice patterns and a decrease in the rate of multiple births,» the paper concludes.
Not exact matches
«Outlier
practice patterns in health care, and specifically Mohs surgery, can represent a burden on patients and the
medical system,» says John Albertini, M.D., immediate past president of the American College of Mohs Surgery and the paper's other senior author.
«With all the fervor around the potential for big data, it's critical to keep in mind the substantial differences across databases in content, coding systems and
practices, duration of available
medical history and follow - up time, quality of outcome information, and clinical
practice patterns.»
Candice Chen, M.D., M.P.H., of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and colleagues examined the relationship between spending
patterns in the region of a physician's graduate
medical education training and individual physician
practice spending
patterns after training.
Among primary care physicians, the spending
patterns in the regions in which their residency program was located were associated with expenditures for subsequent care they provided as
practicing physicians, with those trained in lower - spending regions continuing to
practice in a less costly manner, even when they moved to higher - spending regions, and vice versa, according to a study in the December 10 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on
medical education.
The study's findings (that regular yoga
practice can effect statistically significant improvements in sleep habits) back up a growing number of
medical professionals» emphasis on altering our routines, as opposed to taking pills, to correct disturbed sleep
patterns.
The report looked at antimicrobial usage
patterns from the electronic
medical records of dogs evaluated for urinary tract infections (UTIs) or respiratory tract infections (RTIs) at any of 926 general -
practice Banfield Pet Hospitals over the course of a calendar year (January 1, 2015 — December 31, 2015).
The availability of population - based data on antimicrobial use in companion animals from the electronic
medical records of Banfield Pet Hospital provides an excellent snapshot of current usage
patterns in general
practice.