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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

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She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. You won’t be able to diagnose them on history and physical alone. And biochemical testing is really needed in most cases to independently diagnose a specific IEM. Pediatr Rev. doi: 10.1542/pir.2014-0122.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

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Kate: No, it’s a tough answer in part because, as Scott mentioned, this was being implemented somewhere in the 2014/15 range after funding and building and that pilot year. Eric: Utilization, utilization, utilization. Kate: This is where maybe that bottle of alcohol’s needed. laughter] Eric: Enough said.

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

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Eric: Whenever I hear about for-profit, non-for-profit, the differences between them, mostly everybody turns to, I think, your 2014 paper looking at the differences between for-profit and non-for-profit. People across all diagnoses want hospice care. There’s also been some differences in things like staffing. Melissa: Yeah.

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