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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

One popular mHealth initiative is the text4baby program, a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that sends free text messages to expectant and new mothers containing appointment reminders, safety alerts, and general prenatal and postpartum health advice. and abroad was the topic of a recent Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar.

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Nutrition and dietary guidelines: stirring the (policy) pot

The Health Policy Exchange

However, a recent analysis suggested that adhering to recommendations of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines to consume more potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D, and calcium would add hundreds of dollars to an average person's annual food budget; potassium alone would add $380. Current (2010) U.S. Dietary Guidelines. and MyPlate. Phillips, Jr.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

Personal responsibility was important, some aides argued, but what about the libertarian view that the government had no business requiring people to buy something? in 2010, as the national average rose from 15.2% Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Breaking ICD Codes: Identifying Ambiguous Respiratory Infection Codes via Regional Diagnosis Heterogeneity [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

METHODS We analyzed national weekly diagnosis data for acute respiratory infections (ICD-10 codes J00-J22) in Poland from 2010 to 2019, covering all 380 county-equivalent administrative regions and encompassing 292 million consultations. Data were aggregated into age brackets.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department.