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Save the Date: Sept. 10

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Center for Cardiovascular Research Day 2013

Please plan to join us for the 2013 Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCVR) research day to be held in the College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB) on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
»Details: http://www.ccvr.uic.edu/newsandevents/index.html

 

 

Patient Care

Dr. Saul Weiner

Patients go undercover to record encounters with doctors

Patients’ health outcomes improve when physicians individualize care and take their patients’ life circumstances into account, according to a new study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The study is the largest ever to be conducted using real patients to collect data about their doctors’ behavior using concealed audio recorders. It appears in the April 16 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine and was funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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