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A Mixed Studies Literature Review on Mental Health Perceived Needs of Family Physicians in Infectious Catastrophes [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Family physicians' pivotal role in prevention and crisis management exposes them to mental stressors due to the highly demanding circumstances. ’s (2006) framework. Context: Catastrophes (e.g., pandemic, etc.) exert significant pressure on physicians as they are the frontlines of response.

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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. in 2006 to 1.9% Owning a car is a choice.

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Comorbidities Influence Optic Outcomes in NMOSD

Physician's Weekly

Collected variables included the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), age at onset, disease duration, number of ON attacks, visual acuity, and OCT metrics. The results showed that among individuals with AQP4-NMOSD (n = 360), 43.5% (n = 161) had comorbidities split evenly between single and multiple conditions. In MOGAD (n = 49), 40.8%

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How hospitals can cut admission delays by 30%

Today's Hospitalist

“Our local leadership group wanted to focus on it,” says Dr. Baskin, who serves as chief physician utilization management advisor. That checklist includes patient demographics and the individual patient’s clinical needs. ” Phyllis Maguire has been Executive Editor of Today’s Hospitalist since 2006.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

Key takeaways: Hospitalists will increasingly have to manage inpatients taking GLP-1s. ” That is why, she added, anti-obesity medications are such an important strategy in long-term management. ” Phyllis Maguire has been Executive Editor of Today’s Hospitalist since 2006. Based in Bucks County, Pa.,

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. I also heard that if you look at all individuals in the US, about 4% of individuals are taking one of the gabapentinoids, 10% over 65. J Am Geriatr Soc. Annals of IM.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. And the dad just totally lost control, major anger management issues. Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here. Michele: Yep. Keith: Yes.

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