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Access to health care and services for the Deaf: A scoping review of reviews [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

A consultation was conducted with eight members of the Deaf community to complete the results. A community consultation identified the evaluation of the cost of providing sign language interpreters (or not) as a top research priority. .’s (2006) narrative synthesis was used to analyze and report the results.

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Rash Week! A painful postnatal pectoral

PEMBlog

You should always consult pediatric surgery/gynecology. 2013 Nov;32(11):1295-6. I will not drain a breast abscess, especially in a newborn female. You run the risk of breast hypoplasia and scarring even with a successful I&D. References Montague EC, Hilinski J, Andresen D, Cooley A. Evaluation and treatment of mastitis in infants.

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Plastic Surgery Intern Year: Catching up on 6 months of Updates

Aspiring Minority Doctor

One part of me loves being able to relax at home, shower, and sleep in my own bed during my call shifts, but the other part of me did not like all the gas I used having to drive back and forth between the two hospitals I was covering for consults, or the fact that home call means no post call days. Time flies!

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

As well as that really, we need to keep caring forward with what Tim Quill and Amy Abernethy talked about in 2013, about really a big part of our specialty is potentiating the primary palliative care that’s done by non-specialists, and how do we embrace that even further to carry our message further?

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Number four, again, structure and process that promotes early mobilization which may or may not require a formal OT and PT consultation. JAMA IM 2013, you had a paper that showed what, 300, $400. So their Stephanie is now launching their consult service and perhaps eventually their ACE unit, who will then reach into their affiliate.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now. (*There are widely varying figures, ranging from 66% to 90% depending on the source of information.) According to a recent survey , at least 75% of the population owns a smartphone in most countries.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Since 2013, ABIM Specialty Boards have been required to include at least one physician member primarily engaged in community practice, defined broadly in applications as “clinical practice in a non-university, community setting.”