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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Systems of care, organizations, and payors are called upon to prioritize financial investment in training programs, electronic tools, or other infrastructure to support effective implementation of MBC as part of routine care. Read more about CFHA’s call for its widespread adoption across systems, settings, and stakeholders. Carlier, I.

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When Worlds Collide: The Theory of Real-World Evidence Meets Reality

FDA Law Blog

RWD can be collected from a wide range of sources, such as electronic health records, registries, administrative claims, pharmacy data, and feedback from wearables and mobile technology. RWE is “the clinical evidence regarding the usage, and potential benefits or risks, of a medical product derived from analysis of RWD.”

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

On October 10th, based on ability to pay, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. Federal Court Orders San Antonio-Area Pharmacy and Pharmacist to Pay $275,000 Civil Penalty in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution, Oct.

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Wave of Warning Letters to Foreign OTC Drug Manufacturing Facilities Following Remote Records Requests

FDA Law Blog

Section 704(a)(4) was added to the FDCA by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Action (FDASIA) in July 2012. Despite FDA having the authority to conduct paper inspections since the statutory provision was added to the FDCA by FDASIA in 2012, FDA did not issue a warning letter citing Section 704(a)(4) until January 2021.

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Kaiser Permanente study shows screening efforts cut colorectal cancer deaths in half

Permanente Medicine

From 2012 to 2016, death rates from colorectal cancer among Black people were nearly 40% higher than in whites and double that seen in Asians and Pacific Islanders, according to the American Cancer Society. The electronic health record system automatically prompts care teams to schedule patients for health screenings.

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Human papillomavirus vaccination in community-based clinics among adolescents by ethnicity, country of birth, and sex [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset OCHIN electronic health record data from 27 US states. Context Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection that can lead to multiple types of cancer. HPV vaccination is recommended for all children starting at age nine years, and it is most effective before HPV exposure.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

Singh devises ways to integrate technologies like telemedicine and artificial intelligence into electronic health records to alert doctors to potential prescribing errors or misdiagnoses. Haskell, of Columbia, South Carolina, has done research and helped write AHRQ-published surveys and guidebooks on patient engagement for hospitals.