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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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A Historic Day in Drug Development: FDA Approves Amylyx’s Drug to Treat ALS, Demonstrating FDA’s Application of Appropriate Flexibility in Rare Diseases

FDA Law Blog

Dunn suggested that we look to FDA’s previous approval decisions to understand just how much uncertainty can be accepted, sighting in ALS to previous approval decisions that did not provide traditional efficacy evidence. We would like to acknowledge FDA for its efforts on this devastating condition, ALS. emphasis added).

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

FDA Law Blog

The De Novo process provides a regulatory pathway to classify novel devices for which general controls alone or general and special controls provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for the intended use. The classification order identifies the special controls and therefore is extremely important.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found. “We step into places where other providers may not, and geriatrics is a prime example of that.”

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Black History Month: 10 Champions of Children’s Health & Wellness

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

In 1891, Williams opened Provident Hospital, the first medical facility to have an interracial staff. Dr. Williams’ skills placed him and Provident Hospital at the fore-front of one of Chicago’s medical milestones. From 1946-1971, her home in Detroit was a safe space, providing support for black LGBT youth in need.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

GeriPal

Eric: Alex, we have a super special today. We’ve got a hospice super special. Alex: We have a hospice super special day. Eric: We have a smorgasbord, if you will, of papers that got published recently around hospice, and that’s why we’re calling it a hospice super special. -@AlexSmithMD. Transcript.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life. Many also suffer from distressing symptoms like pain.