How are your patients doing? Do you know the impact of their disorders-and the management approach you selected for them-on their health-related quality of life?

How are your patients doing? Do you know the impact of their disorders-and the management approach you selected for them-on their health-related quality of life?
Contrary to popular belief, CMS is in the business of paying for quality care, not just the volume of care provided.
When the team of otolaryngologists from Children’s Hospital in Boston, including Drs. David Roberson and Rahul Shah, among others, investigated the classification of errors and physician responses to errors as it is germane to otolaryngology, they provided a great service to their fellow specialists.
According to the American Cancer Society, smokers are six times more likely than nonsmokers to develop oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers.
As otolaryngologists are performing more procedures on an in-office basis, more are also using conscious sedation in the clinic setting.
For years, radical surgery was the only treatment for head and neck cancer (HNSCC).
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) has stumped otolaryngologists for decades.
Gene therapy as a treatment for cancer has advanced from the theoretical to the possible: in a pilot study published in August in the journal Science, investigators reported that two of 17 patients with advanced melanoma responded to a treatment known as genetically engineered therapy.
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the standard first-line approach for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Standards proposed by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for the compounding of sterile medication could be applied to vial mixing in the office.