Is That Antibiotic Prescription Really Necessary?
February 14, 2019 04:27 pm — A review of prescription data for more than 19 million Americans that was recently published in BMJ indicates that nearly one quarter of all antibiotic prescriptions may have been prescribed inappropriately.
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A new report labels physician burnout a full-blown public health crisis and suggests steps that can be taken to reach short-, medium- and long-term solutions.
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