Machine Learning as a Catalyst for Value-Based Health Care

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10916-020-01607-5

Too much medicine? Pandemic proves many procedures are unnecessary, say Quebec doctors

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/too-much-medicine-pandemic-proves-many-procedures-are-unnecessary-say-quebec-doctors-1.5027955

Adolescent behaviours toward COVID-19 driven by perception of disease severity

https://www.2minutemedicine.com/adolescent-behaviours-toward-covid-19-driven-by-perception-of-disease-severity/

Steroids and opioids often inappropriately prescribed in the emergency department for pediatric pneumonia and sinusitis

https://www.2minutemedicine.com/steroids-and-opioids-often-inappropriately-prescribed-in-the-emergency-department-for-pediatric-pneumonia-and-sinusitis-2/

In the first study to look at objective measures of sedentary behavior and cancer mortality, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that greater inactivity was independently associated with a higher risk of dying from cancer. The most sedentary individuals had an 82% higher risk of cancer mortality compared to the least sedentary individuals. An accelerometer was used to measure physical activity, rather than relying on participants to self-report their activity levels

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200618150311.htm

Professional Sporting Events Increase Seasonal Influenza Mortality in US Cities

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3628649

Where Coronavirus Is More Likely To Be Airborne, 5 Places To Avoid

Where Coronavirus Is More Likely To Be Airborne, 5 Places To Avoid

May 30, 2020

Bruce Y. Lee,
Professor of Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health

1. Enclosed locations where people are not wearing masks.

2. Small enclosed locations

3. Areas that seem musty, stale, stuffy, or any other sign that the air is not moving.

4. Indoor locations that do not circulate fresh air.

5. Locations where many people hang out for a while talking, singing, or panting.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/05/30/where-coronavirus-is-more-likely-to-be-airborne-5-places-to-avoid/#3abafca439ab

Covid-19 May Worsen the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-may-worsen-the-antibiotic-resistance-crisis/

Corona Virus: How can we stop the spread? Testing

Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Volume CT Screening in a Randomized Trial

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911793

Walking-friendly built environments and objectively measured physical function in older adults: Urban design and older adults’ physical function

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620300156

Social prescribing: a GP’s perspective

Social prescribing: a patient’s perspective

A questionnaire survey of Norwegian GPs, paediatricians and radiologists indicates that 15–20 % of medical practice in Norway is considered to be overtreatment

https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2020/02/leder/can-we-make-wiser-choices

Parabens are used as preservatives in cosmetics. If pregnant women use cosmetics containing parabens that remain on the skin for protracted periods, this may have consequences for their child's subsequent weight development.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200212111438.htm

A team of researchers interviewed Veterans Affairs Administration primary care practitioners (PCPs) to distinguish and understand factors associated with ordering unnecessary LS-MRIs for acute, uncomplicated low back pain.

https://www.neurologyadvisor.com/practice-management/study-explores-factors-leading-to-unnecessary-lumbar-spine-mris/

The medical device being given to Oscar nominees

https://www.medicalplasticsnews.com/news/the-medical-device-being-given-to-oscar-nominees/

Sustained Reductions in Overall and Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing at Primary Care Clinics in a Veterans Affairs Healthcare System following a Multi-faceted Stewardship Intervention

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz1180/5669960

Healthcare demand drops 25% when social prescribing is used

2 Dec 2019

Feeling that you belong to or are part of a group can lead to a 25% reduction in the use of healthcare services by patients with chronic conditions, a study has found.
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University looked at how and when the concept of “social prescribing” is successful in improving health and wellbeing, and for whom, when it is recommended alongside medication.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/healthcare-use-drops-25-when-social-prescribing-is-used/

http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Robot-News/research-shows-group-membership-leads-to-25-less-healthcare-appointments-

Warning: Significant numbers of patients take OTC products (particularly dietary supplements) with potentially serious interactions with the DOAC apixaban and appear to lack knowledge about potentially harmful interactions. Interventions are needed to educate patients and healthcare providers about potential dangers of taking interacting OTC products in combination with apixaban, and data are needed on outcomes associated with concomitant apixaban–OTC product use.

http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/content/stroke/art6007.html 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgs.16193