Top posts of 2017

It’s been a wonderful year for The Medical Care Blog, and we are very proud of the great work of our contributors. Thank you for reading and sharing!

Here are our most-read posts of 2017:

1. Avoiding Anticholinergic Drugs May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk by Barbara Zabielski
2. The Impact of Social Media in Healthcare by Alexa Ortiz and Catherine Gupta
3. The Political Context of Medicaid Expansion by Wyatt Koma and Marian Jarlenski
4. Continuity of Care vs. Nurse Shift Length by Alexa Ortiz
5. How do Medical Errors Affect Healthcare Professionals? by Alexa Ortiz
6. The Intersection of Religion, Female Empowerment, and Access to Reproductive Healthcare By Rebekah Rollston
7. The HOSPITAL Score – A Prediction Tool for Potentially Preventable (and Therefore Costly) Readmissions by Audrey Provenzano
8. The Past, Present, and Future of Risk Adjustment: An Interview with Arlene Ash by Lisa Lines
9. Empathy: What We’re Lacking in End of Life Care by Alexa Ortiz and Laura Wagner
10. Chronic pain, opioids, and medical marijuana by Lisa Lines

Wishing all of you a happy and productive 2018!