Evolution of Approval, Regulation Processes for Drugs Explored
FDA drug review times down from 1983 to 2017, but time from clinical testing to approval did not change
Practice Management
HPV Vaccine Program Recovery Difficult After Public Scares
Misinformation in the Danish media between 2013 and 2016 led to a 50.4 percent drop in human papillomavirus vaccinations among girls in Denmark.
Online Information About Probiotics Often Unreliable
Probiotics information available online is often from commercial sources, and most webpages do not refer to scientific literature.
Public Support of Data Sharing Limited by Privacy, Confidentiality Concerns
Results from a narrative review published in the Journal of Medical Ethics suggest broad yet conditional support for data sharing among patients and the general public, with many studies citing concerns about confidentiality, privacy, data security, risk management, and accountability.
Neighborhood Disadvantage Affects Hospital Quality Ratings
Hospitals caring for neighborhoods with high levels of disadvantage may have lower hospital ratings due to social risk factors in the community.
Do Patients Care About the Cultural Competence of Healthcare Providers?
According to results published in JAMA Network Open, nonwhite, low-income, and underin-sured patients were more likely to view the cultural competency of providers as important and less likely to report being treated with respect.
Haymarket Medical Education Receives Interprofessional Joint Accreditation for the Healthcare Team
Caroline O. Pardo, Ph.D., General Manager for Haymarket Medical Education, is pleased to announce that HME, based in Paramus, NJ, has been accredited as a provider of interprofessional continuing education by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, and the American Nursing Credentialing Center.
Many Pelvic Exams, Pap Tests Unnecessary in Teenagers and Young Adults
More than half of bimanual exams, >70 percent of Pap tests in women aged 15 to 20 years unnecessary
Machine Learning System Generates More Alerts for Medication Errors
A machine learning system can generate clinically valid alerts for medication errors that might be missed with existing clinical decision support systems.
Samoa Ends State of Emergency Over Measles
Slowing infection rates and a surge in vaccinations have prompted the South Pacific island of Samoa to end a six-week state of emergency over a measles outbreak.
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