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Validation of an Administrative Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Index in a Veterans Health Affairs Cohort [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset: VHA-CDW data from 2007-2020. OASI is the sum number of care elements offered (NSAID fills, opioid fills, intra-articular injection, knee x-ray, knee advanced imaging, and physical therapy). Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective Cohort using Cox proportional hazard models with time-dependent exposures and covariates.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

In 2007, Dr. Mancini joined the practice, followed by Dr. Meadows in 2012, and Dr. Gendernalik in 2015. they provide free sports physicals for youth in Berrien Springs and New Buffalo. Many of the team’s nurses and staff have remained with the practice for decades, with one current nurse having been there since day one.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. After listening to this episode you will be able to: Describe the findings on history and physical examination that differentiate organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status. Pediatrics 2021; 147.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Wait, first of all, what’s the incidence of calling EMS for falls over almost a decade, I think like 2007 to 2016, and what happens to people afterwards?

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

This entails utilizing the least invasive non-pharmacologic means of assisting them, before moving to physical or chemical restraints. Deaths due to physical restraint. Physical and chemical restraints. 2007 Oct;14(5):265-8. Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Dtsch Arztebl Int.

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DEA To Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs: “Hit the Road, Jack, But You Better Come Back”

FDA Law Blog

DEA previously authorized MNTPs to dispense remotely on an ad hoc basis, and placed a moratorium on new authorizations in 2007. Patients must wait in an area physically separate from the storage and dispensing area. The controlled substance storage area cannot be accessible from outside the vehicle.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016. Lynn: She wants to know how did you decide to make a podcast and how much time and energy do you put into this every week? Eric: All right. So, when we decided to create the podcast, I think Alex’s first question was, “What’s a podcast?”

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