Articles Tagged With: recommendations
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USPSTF: Screen At-Risk Adolescents, Adults for Hepatitis B
Advocacy group says recommendations are too narrow.
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CDC Revises COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations
Now, quarantine can end after 10 days without a COVID-19 test if the person has reported no symptoms, or after seven days with a negative test if the person has reported no symptoms.
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Pap Smear Management: An Update on Recent Recommendations
Despite its current prevalence in the care of patients, the Pap smear has been used for less than 100 years. A major advancement in the field of screening came in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the identification that the human papilloma virus (HPV). Since the year 2000, there have been multiple progressive cycles of updates to both screening and management guidelines as the result of our rapidly evolving understanding of HPV.
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USPSTF Refrains from Definitive Blood Pressure Screening Recommendation
Panel says more research needed before clear judgments for or against screening children, adolescents can be made.
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[UPDATED] ACS Calls for Minimizing Elective Procedures During COVID-19 Crisis
Group says move would reduce spread of virus, remove burden from staff treating the infected.
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HHS Aims to Ease Administrative Burdens for Clinicians
Detailed report calls for less time on entering data into electronic records, more time with patients.
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National Orgs Release Pediatric Readiness Recommendations
Guidelines address emergency medical care for children outside the hospital.
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Organizational Guidance on Marijuana Comes With Caveats, Cites Lack of Robust Research
Plenty of medical associations have released position statements addressing medical marijuana, but many cite the lack of research into cannabis as a healthcare product as a barrier to writing comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines.
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Consensus Position Statement on the Use of Testosterone in Women
A task force of representatives from leading international societies issued guidance for appropriate prescribing of testosterone in women.
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Ethics Consult Can Go Undocumented — to the Detriment of Ethics Department
Many problems can occur if ethics consults are documented sparsely or not at all. Lack of documentation hinders the ethics service from knowing how it is performing.