Jennifer from the SMJ speaks with Dr. Cakir about how interventional measures such as making early follow-up appointments and offering patient/family education material can reduce high hospital readmission rates.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ talks to Dr. Millner about how the surprisingly high refusal rate of influenza vaccine among health care personnel might be improved.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Part 3 of this series wraps up the discussion of Dr. Candy Gunther Brown’s study on proximal intercessory prayer, exploring the scientific study of spiritual topics. Dr. Brown emphasizes that religious implications cannot be drawn solely from the effects observed in the study.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Part 2 of this series continues the discussion between Jennifer and Dr. Candy Gunther Brown, focusing on the effects of the study and Dr. Brown’s reasons for basing it in Mozambique, rather than the United States.توسط Southern Medical Journal

In Part 1 of this series, Jennifer from the SMJ speaks to Dr. Candy Gunther Brown about the design of her study on proximal intercessory prayer, and Dr. Brown addresses the controversy it generated.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ asks Dr. Peteet for his thoughts on spirituality-based studies in anticipation of his editorial “Proximal Intercessory Prayer.”توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ talks to Dr. Bell about hemoglobin A1c goals in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ speaks with Dr. Santen about her research on burnout in medical students, focusing on factors associated with burnout and methods of preventing potential burnout.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Melissa from the SMJ sits down for a chat with Dr. Lewis about his upcoming editorial on bariatric surgery.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ talks to Dr. William Frishman about the use of angiotensin receptor blockers in the treatment of uncomplicated hypertension.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the Southern Medical Journal talks with Dr. Modell about his article, which explores causes of drowning and recommends preventative measures to avoid drowning deaths.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer with SMJ speaks with Dr. Erica Howe about her upcoming article, which discusses the important issue of religious/spiritual services in military hospitals.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Pam with SMJ speaks with Dr. Sandra McLaughlin about her upcoming article, which discusses the important issue of religious/spiritual services in military hospitals.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Melissa talks with Dr. Wexler about his upcoming article, which covers the benefits of using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the primary care setting.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Melissa talks with Dr. Hooks about her upcoming article, which covers the controversy surrounding the US Preventive Task Force breast cancer screening guidelines.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ sits down for a chat with Dr. Braverman about his upcoming article, which covers the breast cancer treatments.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Melissa from the SMJ sits down for a chat with Dr. Vega about his upcoming article, which covers the overprescription of acid suppression therapy in hospitalized patients.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Pam from the SMJ sits down for a chat with Dr. Pappano about his upcoming article, which describes adolescent fractures resulting from electrical shock.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Southern Medical Journal Melissa from the SMJ sits down for a chat with Dr. Reeves about his upcoming article which covers the difficulty of making a delirium diagnoses in patients with a history of mental illness.توسط Southern Medical Journal

Jennifer from the SMJ sits down for a chat with Drs. Lippmann and Smock about their upcoming article, which covers the economic, social, and psychological consequences of firearm violence.توسط Southern Medical Journal