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Supporting healthcare workers after medical errors improves patient safety5:00 The World Day for Safety and Health at Work, led by the International Labour Organization, is marked each year on 28 April. PCORI announces new funding for patient-centered clinical effectiveness research21:33 The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced new funding to support patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) across a range of health conditions experienced by Americans, along with projects designed to help bring practice-changing CER results into real-world care settings. Digital media preferences influence public beliefs about vaccines21:33 People who follow "new right" media outlets are more than twice as likely to be vaccine-hesitant compared to those who never engage with those outlets, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. New clinical guidelines significantly reduce opioid prescriptions after ear surgery21:01 A new retrospective study published in OTO Open, the open-access journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), demonstrates that the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations has had a measurable and sustained impact on prescribing practices following parotidectomy, which a surgical pr… WHO report shows measurable progress in reducing global hepatitis infections20:29 Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress in reducing infections and deaths, but the disease remains a major global health challenge, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today at the World Hepatitis Summit. Emergency settings more likely to initiate risky medications for seniors20:29 Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, are disproportionately likelier to come from acute and post-acute settings such as emergency rooms, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities than they are from doctors' offices, new UCLA research suggests. New global initiative advocates for independent academic clinical cancer trials19:57 Independent, academic clinical cancer trials are essential to improving patient outcomes, reducing inequalities in care, and strengthening healthcare systems worldwide, according to a new initiative published in The Lancet Oncology. New scientific statement defines brain health across life18:21 Brain health isn't determined only by genetics or what happens later in life. A growing body of research shows that a range of factors-from mental health and sleep to environment, lifestyle and social conditions-play a powerful role in shaping how the brain functions and ages. Global survey shows digital health literacy higher in developing nations18:21 A cross-national survey of 31,000 adults in 30 countries finds that digital health literacy is highest in low- and middle-income countries and lowest in high-income countries, challenging assumptions that national wealth translates into stronger digital skills. New insights into predicting myeloma drug response13:30 Although patients with the same cancer diagnosis may respond very differently to treatment, clinicians still have limited tools at their disposal to predict who is most likely to benefit or suffer from a particular myeloma therapy. |