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Exploring Iron Deficiency in Alberta: Following up on Clinical Observations [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: Our study investigates ID prevalence in Alberta from 2010 to 2022 and its association with patient and provider characteristics. These individuals had at least one ferritin test between 2010-2022. Population/Participants: Cohort of 94,264 individuals aged six and older residing in Alberta.

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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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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

in 2010, as the national average rose from 15.2% In an Op-Ed about his nascent reform plan that appeared in the Boston Globe in November 2004, Governor Romney proposed applying "carrots and sticks" to persons who could afford private health insurance but had chosen not to purchase it. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

She graduated from UCLA School of Medicine in 2010 and completed her residency at the University of Michigan in 2013. Greenough adds. “I love having the time to truly get to know my patients, advocate for them and help them navigate their health challenges in a comprehensive, convenient manner. Higuera Street, #701, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

The analysis included data from 69,109 children born between 2010 and 2017, of whom 5,290 (7.65 Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D., from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, and colleagues sought to externally validate and update the PARS as a passive digital marker (PDM) for asthma risk. Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D.,

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My Green Doctor Begins Pilot with Weill Cornell Medicine

My Green Doctor

Since its launch in 2010, MGD has been helping healthcare clinics, offices, and systems around the world make practical, measurable progress toward environmental sustainability—without compromising patient care, staff efficiency, or clinic finances. It is already impacting public health, health equity, and healthcare delivery systems.

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Development and external validation of the FluScoreVax risk score for influenza that incorporates vaccine status (EAST-PC) [Acute respiratory infections]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Adults presenting to the outpatient setting in 12 European countries during flu season with a chief complaint of acute cough between 2007 and 2010 were used to derive and internally validate the risk score (GRACE data). It was then externally validated in a contemporary US population (EAST-PC data).