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Elevated BAR Signals Poor Prognosis in Patients With CKD Admitted to ICU

Physician's Weekly

By combining levels of urea nitrogen and albumin, BAR provides a comprehensive reflection of renal function, protein metabolism, and chronic inflammatory status, potentially offering a more holistic risk assessment for ICU patients with CKD.” By tertile, mortality rates were 14.6% in Tertile 1 (BAR, ≤9.8 mg/g), 24.6% in Tertile 2 (BAR, 10.0-17.4

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Family Medicine: Finding Its Way on the Federal Research Roadmap [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

This project emerged from the 2023 Family Medicine Research Summit, and serves as a periodic update to similar analyses conducted in 2008 and 2015. Analyses from a decade ago revealed stagnant funding levels, prompting further investigation into the subsequent years.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

In 2000, American Family Physician published an AAFP position paper (an updated version currently resides on the AAFP website) emphasizing that “colonoscopy can be a natural extension of the total care provided by a well-trained family physician.”

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

There she led more than 600 physicians providing care for 275,000 members in various facilities including a Kaiser Permanente hospital, a contracted hospital, and 14 medical office buildings in Woodland Hills and West Ventura. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

It’s encouraging to see patients recognize what we, as healthcare providers, already know—that medications can be an effective option for people struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions,” said Dr. Brown. He was elected to serve AAPOR as its Vice President, President, and Past President from 2011-2014.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The episode also explores how digital tools can help youth manage their mental health, while also noting the need for culturally relevant care providers. 38,3 (2008): 323-33. Simon shares his work as Boston’s first Chief Behavioral Health Officer, prioritizing substance use treatment and uplifting Black and Indigenous communities.

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Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

FDA Law

Palmer — The 2008 Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act placed strict limits on online prescribing or the use of telemedicine encounters to prescribe controlled substances. a)(3), provided certain requirements, including requirements under state laws and conditions are met. By Karla L. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. §