Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, compared national data on primary care visits from 2006 and 2007 to data from 2016 and 2018, finding that the proportion of visits addressing mental health concerns rose by almost 50 percent.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Children’s Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 2007-2016. Government. Pediatrics.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 9, 2021

2007 Jan 2;146(1):52-6. 2007 Apr 17;146(8):616. Am J Public Health. 2016;106(12):2127-2129. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303483 2016.303483 Bibbins-Domingo K, Fernandez A. BiDil for heart failure in black patients: implications of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. Ann Intern Med. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-1-200701020-00009.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631. Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Government. Pediatrics 2021; 147.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 14, 2024

Let’s take a closer look at what makes this medication so useful, particularly when given intranasally. Dexmedetomidine, often known by its brand name Precedex, is a fascinating medication. Whether you’re dealing with imaging studies or laceration repairs, this medication offers a reliable way to keep patients calm and comfortable.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And hospitalization for pneumonia is like a medical event. And maybe we’ll turn now from these medical and surgical events to start talking about social events. And that may include treatment, navigation, nursing care, personal hygiene, meal preparation, and medical decision making.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

As with other FDA-regulated products, such as human drugs and medical devices, the “regulatory review period” is composed of a “testing phase” and a “review phase.” In February 2010, an oral formulation of BRAVECTO, a medication to treat and prevent fleas and tick infestation in dogs, was the subject of an INAD submitted to the Agency.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Few studies have looked at polypharmacy and frequently used medications in the last months of life of persons with dementia (PWD), where the benefits of some medications are uncertain. We still do not know to which extent the medication differs between PWD and persons without dementia (PWOD) near the end of life.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Between 2007 – 2019, Black individuals experienced a higher death rate for opioid overdose deaths than any other racial or ethnic group. This parallels another process, which is the medicalization of human experiences, especially those relating to childbirth and pregnancy. American Medical Association; Manatt Health.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics.

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

For more information, please visit HRSA.gov To learn more about the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center visit [link] Email km@emscimprovement.center Follow on Twitter @EMSCImprovement References Berzlanovich AM, Schöpfer J, Keil W. 2007 Oct;14(5):265-8. Government. West J Emerg Med. PMC3298214.

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Management Patient-Centered Physicals Finance 54

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

When we have a medication with up front harms and downstream benefits, it’s critical that we consider the time to benefit, or how long it will take an individual to benefit from a test or treatment. And really, the more important question is how quickly they would benefit from starting these medications. See screenshot below.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In addition to reauthorizing for an additional five fiscal years—Fiscal Years 2023-2027—several drug, biological product, and medical device user fee provisions that were scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2022, FUFRA reauthorizes—but only through December 16, 2022—several other statutory provisions that were scheduled to expire.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

He’s assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, and he’s one of my former research mentees, and he’s very interested in medical ethics and decision making in the ICU. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. Susan: Beautiful.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 11, 2021

Houck — The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) recently issued its final rule authorizing the use of mobile narcotic treatment programs (“MNTPs”) to allow registered Narcotic Treatment Programs (“NTPs”) employing mobile units to dispense medication for maintenance or detoxification treatment remotely. 33,861 (June 28, 2021).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Eric: Yeah.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As our readers may already know, FDA maintained three PRV programs to incentivize the development of therapies for underfunded diseases: the RPD PRV program, which sunset last month, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) PRV Program, which sunset in October 2023, and the Tropical Disease PRV Program.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brand drugs, generic drugs, and medical devices alike have all been the target of state failure-to-warn litigation; in a recent case, OTC acetaminophen is the target. And, as in the acetaminophen case, what if FDA has already considered and rejected the need for a specific warning?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

She’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc and is associate chair for professional development in the department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. I’ve known you since we did PSAP together, I think, back in 2007 ish. You said, how was Kai doing?

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. And where I’m going with this is even if … Or patient-centered medical home, patient-centered care, right?

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Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? And so because you remember, board certification didn’t come around until 2007. So we know these patients are really, really sick. That’s not news to us. But what we don’t know is are they already on hospice?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) often involves stepwise medication intensification, including the consideration of insulin therapy. Setting or Dataset: Participant data were selected from the Extramural LUMC Academic Network(ELAN) primary care database between 2007 and 2023.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 26, 2025

Even if otherwise truthful, the promotion of off-label uses of hormones-including through informal campaigns like those conducted by sales reps or under the guise of sponsored continuing medical education courses-run afoul of the FDAs prohibitions on misbranding and mislabeling. 118, 129 (2007) (quoting Abbott Labs v. MedImmune, Inc.

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