Vol. 12 No. 5 (2020): September/October 2020

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A no-show appointment is clinically defined as a scheduled appointment in which a patient fails to attend without prior notification to the provider or staff. In primary care clinics, no-show rates have been shown to range from 15% to 30%. Smaller studies have shown that interventions in...

Health care continues to make strides in the industry by incorporating technological innovation to capture consumer demand and financial growth. Over the past 10 years, significant technology advances in health care include developing electronic health records, patient portals, self-serv...

Background: Notalgia paresthetica (NP) is a type of neuropathy associated with pruritus, dysesthesias and sometimes pain. Most etiologies stem from trauma and entrapment of cutaneous branches of the upper thoracic nerves. Objectives: We report a case of NP treated with osteopathic manipu...

Direct-to-consumer care (DTC) is a popular subset of telemedicine ideal for delivering large volumes of health care during a pandemic or other public health crisis conditions. DTC has the potential to relieve the burden of health care shortages and improve patient safety and outcomes dur...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global crisis at an unprecedented level. More than 4.75 million cases and 157,000 deaths have been reported in the U.S. as of August 3, 2020. The whole disease process, from symptoms and diagnosis to medications and treatment, has been a challenge, as COV...

Behcet's Disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing and remitting vasculitis with an unknown cause. With its propensity to involve all size arteries and veins and the ability to affect all organ systems, BD can result in significant mortality. BD is commonly referred to as the "silk road" due t...

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