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A small percentage of patients comprise a high proportion of healthcare utilization, particularly the costs associated with Emergency Department (ED) visits and inpatient hospitalization readmissions. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a decrease in ED utilization and hospital readmissions in a selected group of super-utilizers post-intervention by a Community Care Coordination team and to determine cost avoidance.

In this quality-improvement study, the authors investigated an educational program designed to help clinicians talk to their patients about gun violence, prevention, and available resources to support and treat those impacted by gun violence.

The study’s purpose is to determine the effect of an advanced vascular access educational module presented to hemodialysis nurses and technicians, focusing on physical examination findings to identify a dialysis access at risk for malfunction.

This analysis aims to identify factors that lead otolaryngologists to a respective practice location, and if any of that influence comes from where otolaryngologists completed their medical education.

In this commentary, the authors outline the ramifications that are likely to occur in states such as Montana that enact legislation that expands the scope of practice for nonphysicians.

The objective of this study is to determine whether heavy alcohol consumption and binge drinking increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults in the United States.

The aim of this study was to assess changes in stigma toward opioid use disorder (OUD) and empathy before and after an online cinematic virtual reality training program on OUD.

This study aims to assess the use of telemedicine by physicians in 2021, based on four demographics utilizing the National Electronic Health Record Survey (NEHRS): physician age, sex, specialty, and training.

The authors discuss some of the unique ramifications that are likely to occur when rural providers invoke conscientious objection in their medical practice and how this can in turn establish conscientious monopolies for the members of their communities.

This study examined correlations between identified dementia comorbidities and subjective cognitive decline (the self-reported presence of worsening memory loss or confusion) in individuals ages 45–64 years.