Study Group: Cardiologists (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)(?)

Many times, nursing homes will call doctors practically demanding some sort of medicne for delusional or combative patients.  They will even suggest medicines by name.  Often, these phone calls occur at 3:00 AM, and the doctor gives a quick yes to give them an answer and get back to sleep....

“A requirement for demonstrating cardiovascular benefit will likely have major implications on the availability of new treatments for type 2 diabetes, because conclusive evidence of a reduced risk of macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes has not yet been established for any of the currently...

Third party payers benefit the most from EHRs because it makes charts easier to audit   The cost of implementing an EHR is excessive for a small practice of 2-5 physicians.

The info that tekturna HCT works twice as well as HCTZ alone is not earth shattering.  Of course it's better.  That can be said of any HCT/medicine combination

It is well known that the addition of thiazide diuretic to ACEI or ARB treatment adds about 10 mm Hg reduction on top of the 10 mm Hg reduction provided by the ACEI or ARB agent.  It is expected that blocking renin in the renin angiotensin system with Tekturna would provide a similar result.