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

FDA Law

However, FDA states that this exemption does not apply to corporate or hospital laboratories that employ licensed practitioners, and the agency says FD&C Act otherwise contains no exception or limitation for devices manufactured by laboratories. This comparison is misplaced.

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Long Time Passing: Where Have All the De Novo Decision Summaries Gone?

FDA Law

Since 2010, FDA has posted classification orders and decision summaries for devices classified through the De Novo classification process. calendar years is both inexplicable and deprives patients and clinicians of options. The classification order identifies the special controls and therefore is extremely important.

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

GeriPal

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. When was that, 2010? Eric: 2010. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. I want to hug you.

Community 101
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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. But at that time I was struck by how in that field, there wasn’t a focus or really interest in symptom management and support for patients and their families.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

But, should we as clinicians care about the social lives of our patients? Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? Has kept me interested, the patient experience and the older adults in the community, their experience.

IT 99
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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Healthcare staff were afraid of patients with HIV because there wasn’t clarity on how it was transmitted. So in 2010, there were about 150,000 incarcerated people in California. But when we look at people over the age of 55, 55 and older, we had about 11,000 in 2010, and now we have 18,000 people aged 55 and older.

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Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children

PEMBlog

Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011. Epub 2010 Oct 29. The most common injuries seen in these younger patients are growth plate fractures and ligamentous injuries. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2012 Jan 13;61(RR-1):1-20. PMID: 22237112. Ann Emerg Med.