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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

Its basic argument was that it isn’t sustainable to only see patients one by one in traditional doctor visits. I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. We meet people where they are and in many different ways. These approaches will improve with time.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To validate the use of OASI among patients with knee OA to predict TKA in Veterans Health Affairs-Corporate Data Warehouse (VHA-CDW) administrative dataset. The first OA diagnosis in record must occur from 2009-2014 and index date is OA diagnosis date. Final sample size was 435,731.

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Medicine is a Love that Finds Us

A Country Doctor Writes

In my day to day work I always look for the story behind each patient’s symptom and even behind their laboratory values. I Googled his name and found another article he had written, in 2009, in the Swedish Medical Journal, Läkartidningen. Medicine is a love that finds us wherever we happen to be.

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I Feel Things.

StorytellERdoc

What started as a small adventure and challenge from my writing group, with my first posting on November 19, 2009, turned into quite an amazing ride throughout the literary and social media world. Well, well, well.hello my long, lost friends. I missed you! These writings made my heart swell, my eyes tear, and my smile broaden.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent Permanente Medical Groups who partner exclusively with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide care for their patients in Oregon, southwest Washington, and Northern California. Senior care: Both medical groups are dedicated to improving care for older patients.

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15 Years Strong: Rare Disease Week’s Remarkable Journey of Support

FDA Law Blog

Sasinowski — In 2009 — 15 years ago — the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) announced the first U.S. NORD’s announcement followed in the footsteps of European rare disease patient organization, Eurodis , who had celebrated the first Rare Disease Day the year before. By Frank J. recognition of Rare Disease Day.

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Condition Critical: Court Interprets Orphan Drug Exclusivity Broadly

FDA Law Blog

In 2009, Catalyst’s drug Firdapse (amifampridine phosphate) received Orphan Drug Designation for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (“LEMS”), and FDA subsequently approved Firdapse in November 2018 for the treatment of LEMS in adults with 7 years of Orphan Drug Exclusivity.

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