Computerized physician order entry (cpoe) has been shown to significantly improve chemotherapy safety by reducing the number of prescribing errors1–7. Since the early 2000s, research has established a knowledge base for successful cpoe implementation and ongoing use. Some of the critical success factors include the design and usability of the cpoe system8–12, standardization of the ordering pro...

PURPOSE Physician assistants (PAs) are nationally certified and state-licensed medical professionals who practice medicine on healthcare teams with physicians and other providers. Despite the increasing popularity and utility of the profession, knowledge of the role of PAs remains scarce among many segments of the population. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and percepti...

Informational videos starring physicians modestly improved coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) knowledge among US Black and Latino adults regardless of the clinician’s race, according to a trial published in Annals Internal Medicine.

Abstract This qualitative, descriptive study identified perceptions and knowledge of intensive care unit physicians about limiting life support. Results revealed different understandings reasons for support: shared isolated decision-making; obstacles such as family, professionals, legal issues unpredictability death; specific case reports with benefits, dilemmas, specificities by clinical pictu...

The essence of ethnopharmacology is interdisciplinary research that usually involves traditional healers, botanists, chemists and pharmacologists. The role of researchers from pertaining disciplines is well defined in ethnopharmacological investigations. However, the exact role of a physician has not yet been distinctly clear in ethnopharmacological investigations. Historical data shows that di...

The essence of ethnopharmacology is interdisciplinary research that usually involves traditional healers, botanists, chemists and pharmacologists. The role of researchers from pertaining disciplines is well defined in ethnopharmacological investigations. However, the exact role of a physician has not yet been distinctly clear in ethnopharmacological investigations. Historical data shows that di...