The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. For patients, it promises more accurate care and better outcomes. How about having a teledentist consultation?

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In an analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that included data on 2,918 patients aged 75 years or older who were hospitalized for heart attacks at 94 US hospitals from 2013–2016, Black participants were more likely than white participants to have impairments in cognition (37.6% versus 14.5%), mobility (66.0%

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Between 2016 and 2018, more than 22 percent of Massachusetts residents reported any prior cannabis use for medical or recreational reasons. However, little is known about cannabis use in patients who undergo surgery or interventional procedures, where cannabis use has important additional clinical implications.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

The California-based firm, Second Sight , the German company, Retina Implant AG, and the French venture, Pixium Vision were the forerunners of the field, developing implantable visual prosthetics to restore vision to patients who are blind as a result of the rare condition of retinitis pigmentosa.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 24, 2023

She served as a NEJM Editorial Fellow from 2016-2017 and worked as a hospitalist at MGH before moving to Cornell in 2018. Rebecca Berger Rebecca is an academic hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at Weil Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital. Download CPSolvers App here

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

According to a recent study published in the J ournal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology , CDH remains poorly understood, yet has significant implications for AF prevention, and avoidance strategies may be highly effective, especially for patients whose AF is otherwise idiopathic. and “In which patients is it most effective?”

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Analysis: This is a secondary analysis of clinician participation and uptake of consultation and training for pediatric mental health in Virginia between 2016-2023. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. Results: 20.2% vs. 29.5%, p<0.0001), and have lower proportions of people insured with Medicaid (44.9%

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

The patients ranged in age from 6 months to 17 years (median age, 7.9 of the patients required an additional epinephrine dose after 2 hours. Dr. Dribin added, “I think the bigger impact would be for the patients and families…parents being able to go back to work quicker, children missing less school. years); 43.9% at 8 hours.

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Louisville Lectures

APRIL 27, 2018

He then presents various cases and current treatment for patients with NASH as life style modifications, vitamin E, HCC monitoring, and more. Disclaimers ©2016 LouisvilleLectures.org In this presentation Dr. Craig McClain discusses nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as the #1 cause of liver disease.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 19, 2022

Vincent in 2016. Elliot Tapper Elliot Tapper, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in 2016. His clinical activity and research efforts focus on the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis, particularly those with hepatic encephalopathy.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: After a Samoan patient from New Zealand (NZ) attended a PACE workshop at NAPCRG in 2016 with her general practitioner, she was inspired to set up a Pacific community group to work towards better health outcomes for Pacific people living in South Auckland, NZ.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 29, 2019

In 2016, she was awarded the inaugural research fellowship in diagnostic excellence with the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: A dataset was used, consisting of 350 long-term female breast cancer survivors included between 2013 and 2016 in general practices in the Netherlands. Patients were treated with chemo- and/or radiotherapy. Intervention/Instrument: We used 12-lead resting ECG and NT-proBNP as index tests.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

Robotic nurses dressing mannequins and bed-bathing patients Delicate movement, like gently handling an elderly patient is traditionally the most challenging task to robots, who are much faster developing in intellectual tasks than matching humans in fine-motor skills. Since then, the concept has become a reality.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in ransomware attacks on health care delivery organizations, exposing the personal health information (PHI) of nearly 42 million patients, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Health Forum.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A new study has found that patients are increasingly likely to discuss mental health concerns with the doctor they often know best: their primary care physician.

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FDA Law

JULY 31, 2023

Houck — President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (“CARA”) intended to reverse serious prescription drug abuse trend in the United States on July 22, 2016. Patient Request A patient may also request that their prescription for a schedule II substance be partially filled.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

This means patients will no longer be automatically grandfathered in for medications that are not on—or are removed from—the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drug List (CDL). Instead, they will be required to obtain prior authorization to continue receiving those medications, regardless of previous usage.

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PEMBlog

JULY 14, 2023

The foot X-Ray taken of the foot of the patient with the foot problem The Diagnosis She has a fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal (Jones fracture). I did come across a randomized trial comparing surgery vs no surgery in which the authors compared 18 patients with casting alone, to 19 who received a bone screw. You get an X-Ray.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at her local CVS. In analyzing electronic health records for almost 800,000 patients, the researchers found the vaccines to be 75% effective against acute infection, meaning illness that was serious enough to send a patient to a health care provider.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Children’s Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 2007-2016. Characteristics, Clinical Care, and Disposition Barriers for Mental Health Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department. 10.1542/peds.2022-057383

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FDA Law

JUNE 23, 2021

Valentine — For the last 13 years, this blogger has been at the center of what has now been dubbed “patient-focused drug development.” For 6 years, I served as a patient liaison within FDA in what was then called the Office of Special Health Issues. By James E. The practice of medicine was viewed as paternalistic.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The patient has had improving activity and energy since his fall and initial ED evaluation 2 weeks prior. This patient had a subsequent brain MRI that also revealed papilledema. 2016 (2016): 6964713. doi:10.1155/2016/6964713 Kim, Ga-Eun et al. Symptoms typically evolve in the following days to weeks after rupture.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

They are often the first interface for patients experiencing mental health crises, not academic medical centers. A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients. 2016 Mar;67(3):324-31. The youth suicide crisis is disproportionately shouldered by Indigenous and Black and African American communities.

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FDA Law

JUNE 3, 2025

We noted that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had explained in its 2021 Gulf Med Pharmacy decision that prescribing red flags do not prohibit pharmacies from filling a prescription but are potential signs of diversion or risks to patient harm that pharmacists must resolve before filling. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec. and tramadol 50 mg.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

F), HR 140, RR 12, BP 104/67, sat 99% on room air The patient was crying and appeared uncomfortable Moist mucous membranes. Papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome The patient was diagnosed with papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome (PPGSS). Patients often describe a sensation of burning or stinging pain rather than itching.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

19:05 Clarifying the “ethics vs science” argument and critiquing research techniques 22:00 Resurgence of race-based speculation in COVID-19-related research 25:57 Implantation of ideas about innate racial inferiority within medicine 28:32 Will removal of race from algorithms potentially harm our patients?

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This Draft Guidance, when finalized, will replace the Final Guidance issued just six years ago (the 2016 Guidance). Changes from the 2016 Guidance. In these cases, the sponsor can distribute the additional costs to reduce the per patient cost difference between patients treated earlier and patients treated later.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Although the program has not been without its critics (including as documented in two GAO reports from 2016 and 2020 ), there is ample evidence that the program has been successful at accomplishing its goals, which has become more evident with time. Notably, it was reauthorized in 2016 (until 2020) and in 2020 (until 2024).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients. 2016 Mar;67(3):324-31. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2022;31(2):211-221. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2022.01.002 2022.01.002 4. Benton TD. 2023 Apr;21(2):166-7. Brent DA, Goldstein TR, Benton TD. Psychiatr Serv. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500104.

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CDOCS

MARCH 4, 2024

<p>According to the Dental Assisting National Board, dental assistant job satisfaction has declined every year since 2016, and currently only 50% feel valued by their employer. Providing opportunities to learn new skills and advance their careers not only enhances job satisfaction but also improves the patient experience.<br

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FDA Law

APRIL 25, 2023

Note that section 3060(a) of the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016 amended section 520 of the FD&C Act and removed certain software functions from the statutory definition of a medical device. It applies whether the software is the entire device (i.e., Software in a Medical Device, or SiMD).

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FDA Law

MAY 31, 2021

PhRMA Sues CMS Challenging MDRP Rule Curbing Patient Assistance. Manufacturers provide patient savings programs at the pharmacy counter to defray the patient’s out-of-pocket costs such as co-pays and deductibles. Accumulator programs are not public knowledge; manufacturers, and even most patients, are unaware of them.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 18, 2022

In May 2016, FDA released a draft guidance document titled “Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Devices” (see our blog post on the draft guidance here ), which was finalized in 2018 (see our blog post on the final guidance here ). Specifically, that it allows for fast production of “patient-matched devices” (i.e.,

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

At that point, he was referred to pulmonology who started the patient on albuterol, manual chest physiotherapy, and a steroid inhaler with a plan for a fourth chest x-ray four weeks later. On arrival, the patient was febrile to 38.3C. Bronchopulmonary sequestration Our patient was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS).

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