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Homepage Round-Up: Depressed Doctors Make More Medical Errors; The Lasting Effects of Gunshot Wounds; and More – DocWire News

December 11th, 2019 10:44 am

Here are the top stories covered byDocWire Newsthis week in the Homepage section. In this weeks edition of the round-up: physicians suffering with symptoms of depression make more medical errors, mining alcohol related Tweets is the best way to gather public health data; short-term exposure to air pollution increases hospital admissions and costs; and gunshot wound survivors have high rates of PTSD, unemployment, and substance abuse.

Physicians suffering from symptoms of depression are more likely to make medical errors, according to the findings of arecent studypublished inJAMA Network Open. By combining data from multiple studies, this systematic review and meta-analysis found that physician depressive symptoms were associated with increased risk for perceived medical errors and that the association between depressive symptoms and perceived errors was bidirectional, the authors wrote.

A new study published in theAmerican Journal of Preventative Medicinesuggests that mining peoples alcohol-related tweets and online searchers is a faster, and more efficient method than the tradition method of collecting rigorous public health data through large survey-based studies. Informal social media and search data may be really important for detecting and responding to things that we dont anticipate or that occur naturally, said the senior study author: Our results give confidence in our public health tools and in using novel data approaches to measure health behaviors and policy effects a real win.

Short-term exposure to fine particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 m (PM2.5)is associated with increased rates of hospital admissions and health insurance costs, according to the findings of arecent studypublished inBMJ. New causes and previously identified causes of hospital admission associated with short term exposure to PM2.5were found, the researchers wrote. These associations remained even at a daily PM2.5concentration below the WHO 24-hour guideline. Substantial economic costs were linked to a small increase in short term PM2.5.

The lasting effects of gunshot wounds (GSWs) reach far beyond mortality and economic burden, and survivors incur higher instances of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), unemployment, and substance abuse, according to thefindingsof a new study published byJAMA Surgery. The researchers wrote that: Survivors of GSWs may have negative outcomes for years after injury. These findings suggest that early identification and initiation of long-term longitudinal care is paramount.

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