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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

Mobile health, or "mHealth" for short, describes technology that allows clinicians or public health professionals to monitor and/or deliver health-related messages to patients via cellular phones, tablets, or other wireless devices. electrocardiogram) and would pose safety risks to patients if they malfunctioned.

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CEREC journey over the last nine years.

CDOCS

& </p> <p>Here are some of my early cases starting in 2010. These restorations definitely made improvements in each of these patient's smiles, but now when I see these cases.& This patient was thrilled. I happen to have a really poor post-op photo of my very first anterior case. Absolutely not.

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

FDA Law Blog

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

FDA Law Blog

Indeed, recent jurisdictional developments suggest that a wide of array of stakeholders could have standing to challenge the Agency’s attempt to restrict access to commonly used LDTs, including individual laboratories, hospitals, physicians and healthcare providers who routinely use these tests, and patients who depend on them.

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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

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. Eric: And what a research agenda that you’ve done, including one of the most seminal papers that we have in palliative care in lung cancer patients.

Illness 110
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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