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Reliability and Validity of a Comprehensiveness of Care Measure in Primary Care, A Case Study of the PRIME Registry [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

nurse practitioners and physician assistants), as well as validity of the measure and its association with poorly controlled diabetes (e.g. Study Design and Analysis: A retrospective cohort of providers and its patient panel for two performance years, 2019 and 2022. Hemoglobin A1C > 9.0 as a case study).

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Outcomes associated with timing of screening for gestational diabetes [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) at recommended times, based on a pregnant woman’s risk for GDM, is important in order to initiate and optimize the management of GDM as early as possible, thus mitigating the risk of several adverse outcomes for both pregnant women and their offspring.

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Automatic Detection of Osteoporosis in Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service Using Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective The aim is to analyze the feasibility of natural language processing (NLP) to train and automatically detect osteo from endocrinology cases in eConsult, to use primary care providers’ text data, provide explanations and help route endo cases to the more appropriate MD.

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But Is It Insta-Worthy? OPDP’s First Letter of 2022

FDA Law Blog

Further, though any relevant discussion is redacted, the Untitled Letter suggests that FDA had previously provided comments to Lilly about its Trulicity promotion more generally. Given that FDA issued only four Untitled Letters total in 2021, it’s notable that FDA has issued two to Eli Lilly in the span of five weeks.

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

While many of these procedures provide critical care, we know they are acutely painful. Provided by The Conversation This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The content is provided for information purposes only. During this time, they receive up to 16 painful procedures every day.

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Anatomy of a Healthy Plate- Guest Blogger Rebecca Gray

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Eating fruit provides excellent health benefits and is part of a healthy plate. Fruits provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body. Fiber containing foods such as fruits help provide a feeling of fullness with fewer calories. May reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

In the United Kingdom (UK), primary care practitioners are the first-line clinicians which most patients encounter, providing initial assessment and treatment of a wide variety of conditions. Over one billion prescriptions per year are signed in the UK by these general practitioners (GPs) in primary care.