Clinical interventions aimed at expanding access to dermatologic care

Disparities in access to dermatologic care according to insurance type.

T he 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey revealed that 53% of all physicians surveyed were willing to accept new Medicaid patients. Another study demonstrated an even lower Medicaid acceptance rate (32%) among US dermatologists. Such low acceptance rates are reflective of considerably lower and delayed reimbursements, increased paperwork and billing requirements, and the high clinical burden ...

Expanding global access to phantom pain care

Therapeutic interventions aimed at preventing MODS

1 Therapeutic interventions aimed at preventing MODS The terms multiple organ failure syndrome (MOFS), multiple systems organ failure (MSOF) and, most recently, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) have all been used to describe ‘irreversible shock’ and organ failure. Summarised the causes of irreversible shock are: (1) Haemorrhage uncomplicated by gross trauma; (2) burns; (3) trauma to l...

Mobile Access to Clinical Information at the Point of Care

OBJECTIVES Using library subscriptions and accessible on handheld devices, this study sought to promote authoritative health information apps, and evidence-based point-of-care resources. METHODS Three cohorts of internal medicine residents were issued iPads at the beginning of their second year, and were trained to skillfully access resources from the digital library. Pre- and post-interventi...

Design of cluster-randomized trials of quality improvement interventions aimed at medical care providers.

BACKGROUND Randomized trials aimed at improving the quality of medical care often randomize the provider. Such trials are frequently embedded in health care systems with available automated records, which can be used to enhance the design of the trial. METHODS We consider how available information from automated records can address each of the following concerns in the design of a trial: whet...