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Physician focused practice and added competence on primary care quality for older adults: A propensity score-matched study [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To compare family physician practice on established performance measures derived from a modified Delphi process. Setting: Multiple linked population-based datasets for the province of Ontario, Canada, in 2019. Similar performance suggests that added training or focused practice organization may not change clinical practice.

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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Providing communities with the resources they need to survive, such as educational opportunities, jobs, and quality healthcare, will eliminate the need for incarceration. We need a system, such as a single-payer healthcare system, that provides people with consistent access to high-quality care before, during, and after incarceration.

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When Worlds Collide: The Theory of Real-World Evidence Meets Reality

FDA Law Blog

FDA has even gone so far as to maintain that the “real-life clinical performance of a medical product might be more clearly demonstrated through RWD/RWE because a controlled clinical trial often cannot evaluate all applications of a product in clinical practice across the full range of potential users.”

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Nwamaka Eneanya and Jennifer Tsai to discuss the limitations and harms of race-based medicine in clinical practice. Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality.

Clinic 52
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The Incredible Shrinking Exemption: FDA Final CDS Guidance Would Significantly Narrow the Scope of Exempt Clinical Decision Support Software Under the Cures Act

FDA Law Blog

Javitt — On September 28, 2022, the FDA issued the long anticipated final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance (CDS Guidance), which replaces the revised draft guidance document from 2019. Interpretation of Statutory Criteria Under the Final Guidance. Medical information about a patient.

Clinic 52
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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

A negative test can also provide false reassurance. For more specific recommendations related to diagnosis and management of SARS-CoV-2, please see www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/ ) · Hospitalized patients where tests impacts cohorting decisions, like in intensive care. for bronchiolitis and 1.5%

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

The Listening “EAR” approach that simplifies assessment of loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings, and other practical pointers. What it found is that healthcare providers are better at identifying people that are connected more than disconnected. What the heck am I going to do about it?

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