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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

The 80-year-old Ray Flynn lost his central vision entirely, but with the help of the retinal implant, he could make out shapes on the computer screen. Their research showed promising results for lab rats, and they plan to carry out the first human trials in the second half of 2017 and gather preliminary results during 2018.

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New Draft Guidance Provides Detailed (and Burdensome) Recommendations for Chemical Assessments to Support Medical Device Biocompatibility

FDA Law Blog

However, reprocessing (cleaning and disinfection and/or sterilization) is typically performed by the end user in a healthcare facility rather than part of the manufacturing process. of ISO 10993-1:2018, but is extremely burdensome and not referenced in the related ISO 10993-18.

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

GeriPal

It’s all what we signed up for when we signed up on the dotted line to be in healthcare and palliative care. In 2018, survey data revealed that only 41% of survey adult practices had the full complement of funded core team members, which is up from 25% of 2016. This is from the last chapter of your book or near the end.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. Do you worry about that? We actually have the majority.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. 2018 Jun;46(2):404-421. They can use their training and privilege to advocate for meaningful policy reform. PMID: 30146996.

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Today’s podcast is a follow up to our 2018 podcast with Randy Curtis about the Jumpstart intervention. It’s really special to be here and to be talking about this paper, which was really important to Randy. So what’s changed since 2018 with Jumpstart? Erin: Yeah, I can go first.

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Poetry & Palliative Care: Podcast with Mike Rabow and Redwing Keyssar

GeriPal

I think that we forget that the clinical encounter is very often just two people in a room experiencing each other, and that that’s what is the beginning of that sacred space of healthcare and healing.” ” Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative). ” Mike: So very often, I use poems with trainees, with clinicians in general.