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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. This can potentially compromise their ability to provide optimal patient care. ’s (2006) framework. Context: Catastrophes (e.g., pandemic, etc.)

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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%

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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

That’s when the health system turned to a company that provides a turnkey SNF-care program. That company, which is based in Detroit, focuses on providing post-acute care, complete with physiatrists and APRNs, as well as care managers and coordinators. We’ve seen our readmission rates drop drastically.”

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How hospitals can cut admission delays by 30%

Today's Hospitalist

Those interventions included standardizing both bed assignments and nursing handoffs while having ED providers—not an inpatient team—enter skeletal orders when deciding to admit a patient. “Our local leadership group wanted to focus on it,” says Dr. Baskin, who serves as chief physician utilization management advisor.

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FDA’s Proposal to Remove Oral Phenylephrine from the OTC Monograph Isn’t a Surprise but What is Left “Over-the-Counter”?

FDA Law Blog

As dictated by the process provided for in the 2020 CARES Act, FDA announced issuance of the proposed order in a Federal Register notice and published the proposed order itself on FDA’s website. Notably, the proposed order provides that the order, if finalized, will become effective one year after the final rule is published.

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FDA Phones a Friend: Joint Statement with CMS Eschews CLIA Modernization and Supports FDA Oversight of LDTs

FDA Law Blog

FDA will need to hire (and train) significant volumes of new personnel to manage these new submissions just as CMS may need to hire (and train) additional personnel if its authority is significantly expanded. Medical Device Reporting, Quality System Regulation compliance, and reporting of corrections and removals).

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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. Eric: Any other interesting tidbits or facts that we should know as providers about gabapentin or Lyrica dosing or pharmacology? J Am Geriatr Soc. Annals of IM.