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Validation of an Administrative Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Index in a Veterans Health Affairs Cohort [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

However, it is unclear whether results would generalize to other healthcare populations. The first OA diagnosis in record must occur from 2009-2014 and index date is OA diagnosis date. Final sample size was 435,731. Intervention/Instrument: OASI, updated every 6-months from OA date to end of follow-up. Outcome Measures: Time to TKA.

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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. The Warner Bros. The Warner Bros.

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

FDA Law Blog

FDA recognizes that the FD&C Act exempts licensed healthcare practitioners from certain device regulations if they manufacture devices solely for use in the course of their professional practice. The PR goes on to state that the FD&C Act definition of a device does not turn on where or by whom a test system is “manufactured.”

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Episode 322: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 24 – Leveraging Narrative Medicine to Cultivate Antiracist Praxis

The Clinical Problem Solvers

She started in the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia around Sayantani, and wanted to focus on incarceration as a healthcare issue, and has since engaged in work that attempts to decarcerate health care. 2014 Feb;103:126-133. Military metaphors and pandemic propaganda: unmasking the betrayal of ‘Healthcare Heroes’.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

2011-2014 JAMDA 2020 Efficacy of Gabapentinoids: Gabapentinoids for Pain: Potential Unintended Consequences. Eric: And that’s what you found, that the healthcare system is perfectly designed to just deprescribe automatically after short periods of use? AFP 2019 Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults. Tasce: Right.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. Then, they’ll perform a physical examination. However, there are “Red Flag” symptoms that require urgent evaluation and management.

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