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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

At that point, he had not yet committed to the individual health insurance mandate that made his reforms possible but later became a political liability during his Presidential campaigns. in 2010, as the national average rose from 15.2% Together, Romney and Kennedy approached the George W. in 2006 to 1.9%

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The Rising Tide of Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement

My Green Doctor

The breadth of services provided by modern day medicine is profound. A 2010 research study found that treating two patients per bottle instead of one would decrease plastic waste by approximately 12.69 hospital upwards of $240,000 over 5 years. hospital could save $240,000 per year.” Eye 24 , 361–363 (2010).

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

The breadth of services provided by modern day medicine is profound. A 2010 research study found that treating two patients per bottle instead of one would decrease plastic waste by approximately 12.69 hospital upwards of $240,000 over 5 years. hospital could save $240,000 per year.” Eye 24 , 361–363 (2010).

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

The PR first sets out to establish that it has authority to regulate in vitro diagnostic “test systems” as devices, and not just the system’s individual components, such as reagents, instruments, specimen collection devices, and software. This comparison is misplaced. If finalized, the PR may also be subject to broader challenges.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

So on today’s podcast we invite four brilliant individuals to talk about their perspective on how to change how we as a society and health care system partner with individuals with dementia. We’re going to be talking about things like creative engagement in individuals with dementia. When was that, 2010?

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

FDA Law Blog

For years after the enactment of the Hatch-Waxman Amendments the PTO interpreted the PTE statute to permit multiple PTEs, provided there are separate, but not necessarily different, regulatory review periods. 2010) , however, the U.S. See Lourie, Patent Term Restoration: History, Summary, and Appraisal, 40 Food, Drug, and Cosm.

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Effect of patient-facility language discordance on potentially inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics in long-term care [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Appropriate use of medication is a key indicator of the quality of care provided in long-term care (LTC). Using linked administrative databases, we identified all instances of PIP-AP according to the STOPP-START criteria, which have previously been shown to predict adverse clinical events such as ED visits and hospitalizations.

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