Publisher: Doctors Lounge


Cohesive Care Team Ups Health Benefit of EHR Use in Diabetes

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Ilana Graetz, Ph.D., from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues conducted a retrospective longitudinal study to examine whether team cohesion among primary care team members impacts the association between EHR use and changes in clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes.


Dr. Elizabeth Anderson Studies Pediatric Mental Health

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L. Elizabeth Anderson, from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, and colleagues compared mental health care that U.S. children receive from PCPs and other mental health providers using data from the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from 2008 to 2011.


Intensive Management Lengthens Lifespan in T1DM

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Samuel Dagogo-Jack, M.D., chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues randomly assigned 1,441 people with type 1 diabetes mellitus to either receive intensive management of their diabetes or conventional therapy. 


Combination Protocol Accurately Diagnoses Appendicitis in Kids

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Ashley Saucier, M.D., from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues conducted a prospective observational cohort study involving 196 patients to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a clinical pathway for suspected appendicitis.