Patients often present stress as anxiety, leading to potential overmedication, suggests an article co-authored by a family doctor. The authors advocate social prescriptions – directing patients to social or community activities – to reduce stress. More research is needed to demonstrate the impact of such prescriptions, and the authors plan to run a pilot and then a randomized controlled trial, given the lack of high-quality evidence currently available.
Health Care Cyberattacks Are on the Rise. What’s Being Done About It?
The healthcare industry saw over 133 million records exposed to cyberattacks in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, marking steady
