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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003.

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Navigating the Quademic: Clinical Differentiation of Influenza, RSV, COVID-19, and Norovirus in Pediatric Emergency Care

PEMBlog

Differentiating these pathogens based on clinical presentation is crucial for targeted management, minimizing unnecessary diagnostic tests, and optimizing healthcare resources. Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy. MMWR Recomm Rep 2003; 52:1. Updated 2023 Jan 23].

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Former FDAer Dr. Ellis F. Unger Joins Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. as Principal Drug Regulatory Expert

FDA Law Blog

He completed his cardiology training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1987. From 1997 to 2003, Dr. Unger served as a medical officer, team leader, and subsequently branch chief in FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (“CBER”).

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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

This can also happen in a reverse scenario where the practice must turn to outsourcing as their backup plan because their staff is unqualified to manage an in-house billing program.) As Michael LeBoeuf, PhD, says in his book The Greatest Management Principle in the World (Putnam, 1985), "You get what you reward."

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? I was trained in the hospital where it started, and we were trained to be bedside nurses. Sue 01:26 Thank you.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

In this podcast, we cover a great deal of ground, including: Early challenges Dr. Raj faced in pain management: access to opioids, corruption, a system that doesn’t see addressing suffering as a priority. We are joined by guest-host Tom McNally, a rehab and pediatric palliative care doc at UCSF. They shared their experiences.

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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

GeriPal

And then there was a version in 2003 which Mark participated in and he since passed. Todd: There are some studies that’ll show decreased readmission if they’re stopped in hospital. But they were specifically looking at nursing home population. So that comports with a lot of other guidelines.

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