A scoping review of the patient experience with wearable technology.

Objective: This scoping review explores patients' experience with wearable technology. Its aims are to: (a) examine studies that contain empirical findings related to patients' experience with wearables; (b) compare these findings within and across studies; and (c) identify areas in need of greater understanding.

Methods: A Preferred Reporting Items for Scoping Review (PRISMA) guided approach was followed.

Hospital-physician integration and Medicare spending: Evidence from stable angina.

Objective: To examine the association between hospital-cardiologist integration and Medicare spending for stable angina patients.

Data Sources And Study Setting: This study used Medicare Standard Analytic Files from 2013 to 2020 and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services National Downloadable File for accompanying physician data.

Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries with a new diagnosis of stable angina between 2013 and 2020.

Burnout Among Family Physicians in the United States: A Review of the Literature.

Background And Objectives: Burnout among physicians who work in primary care is an important problem that impacts health care quality, local communities, and the public's health. It can degrade the quality of primary care services in an area and exacerbate workforce shortages. This study conducted a review of the published research on burnout among family physicians working in the United States.

Hospice Satisfaction Among Patients, Family, and Caregivers: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Hospice care is an underused form of intervention at the end of life. The experiences of patients, families, and other caregivers are important to consider in thinking about how to encourage greater use of hospice care, through policies and advocacy that promote its benefits. Specifically, patient, family, and other caregiver satisfaction with hospice care is important to understand better.