Should primary care physicians consult on their admitted patients? A single-center survey study.

Background: With the rise of hospital medicine, care has become fragmented between inpatient and outpatient settings. Having primary care physicians (PCPs) consult on their admitted patients through televisits could improve patient and hospital outcomes, but perspectives on this model are unknown in adult hospital medicine.

Methods: A single-center cross-sectional survey was conducted to compare PCP and hospitalist attitudes regarding PCP telemedicine consultation for admitted patients in a large US academic hospital.

Physician attire: physicians perspectives on attire in a community hospital setting among non-surgical specialties.

: Several studies have demonstrated a patient preference for physicians wearing a white coat associated with improved patient satisfaction. There are few studies on physicians' perceptions of attire mainly done in the outpatient and surgical specialties. : Assess non-surgical physicians' perception of attire in the hospital and to identify if any difference in the choice of attire amongst generation X and millennial physicians.

Breast abscess, an early indicator for diabetes mellitus in non-lactating women: a retrospective study from rural India.

Introduction: Breast abscess is commonly seen in lactating and non-lactating women. Diabetes mellitus (DM) frequently predisposes to soft tissue infections and has many different presentations. But DM presenting in the form of breast abscess is yet to be studied, and we believe our study is the first to explore this connection.