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While some illnesses are transmitted by exposures to pathogens in the air or on surfaces, others are transmitted when an infected insect, like a mosquito or a tick, bites someone and exposes them to ...
The median age at death for patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) has more than doubled from 26 years of age in 2008 to 66 years of age in 2022. Compared to patients without CF, patients with ...
Key Findings The average length of clinical notes has continued to increase over the last three years despite coding changes enacted in 2021 meant to reduce documentation burden. However, time spent ...
Patients who receive intravenous (IV) antibiotics with colon surgery have a 12% reduced likelihood of being diagnosed with a surgical site infection (SSI) following the surgery compared to those who ...
Key Findings Two new data trackers from Epic Research now provide quarterly snapshots of GLP-1 use and BMI distribution in the U.S. adult population. GLP-1 prescriptions among U.S. adults rose from ...
Among adult patients living in states that have legalized sports betting, the quarterly rate of diagnosed gambling disorder rose from 3.0 per 100,000 patients in Q1 2018 to 4.8 per 100,000 in Q1 2026, ...
Telehealth use in primary care decreased from pandemic-era highs through mid-2023 and has remained relatively stable at around 6 to 7% of encounters since then. Telehealth has consistently remained ...
The self-pay share of encounters rose in all four care settings studied between early 2022 and early 2026, but unevenly: the increase was steepest in the emergency department (5.5% to 7.6%), more ...
Compared with patients who had no neurodevelopmental diagnosis, patients with autism (ASD), ADHD, or both were more likely to have a connective tissue disorder diagnosis. The association was strongest ...
The share of male patients prescribed testosterone fell from 0.83% in 2013 to 0.64% by 2021. It then rose to 0.93% in 2025 and reached 0.95% in the partial first half of 2026. The growth was broad: ...
More than 60% of the time, primary care telehealth visits did not have an in-person follow-up visit in the same specialty within 90 days. Kids more frequently had an in-person office visit following a ...