The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. According to MedChi , the average practice received $176,000 in care management fees in 2019. I stepped down as director of the Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation tools are considered a promising way to support health providers and older adults in identifying multiple and often complex needs. Objective: This study compared the perspectives of patients and providers using ESOGER, a novel multidimensional assessment tool for older adults.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test and the 2012 Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) guidelines expanded the way providers offer and interpret screening for their patients. Targeted public health communication is also necessary to inform patients about various CCS types. population.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 18, 2025

This multicenter retrospective study aims to provide evidence-based guidance by determining when the risk of repeat epinephrine administration becomes acceptably low. Patients were stratified by initial severity: No respiratory or cardiovascular involvement Respiratory involvement only Cardiovascular involvement Key Findings Overall 4.7

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". In 2019, 14.5% million people aged 12 and older) were unattached to a regular primary care provider. Objective: Our study explores patient experiences using these CWLs in three Canadian provinces.

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 1, 2019

I can't pinpoint the moment exactly, but several years ago I began to notice that many of our ER patients were presenting for treatment wearing nice fluffy fleece bottoms. Most of these earlier bottoms for the younger patients were of superheroes and childhood figures, like kitties and ponies. So were Mom, Dad, and her older brother.

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CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

png]</p> <p><span style="font-family:ubuntu; font-size:12px">​</span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:ubuntu">By putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients, we can easily see the comfort and trust our patients have developed with their general dentists.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. What the Patients Said According to the study, three key themes emerged: Negative encounters dominated. Isbell, PhD , of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

It will connect with other interested parties, including representatives from the interpreter and patient communities, to work on answering the following questions: What are the biggest barriers for patients in accessing interpreters? Is there a role for MAFP in addressing those barriers — and if so, what are the next steps?

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients discharged from AMCs General Medicine Service Lines in the US from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and postCOVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

2019/pre-pandemic and 2020/pandemic cohorts included 167,095 vs. 173,240 PLWD living in the community and 93,374 vs. 92,434 PLWD residing in nursing homes (NHs), respectively. Analysis: We compared 2020 to 2019 in 3 periods (1st wave; interim period; 2nd wave) and conducted meta-analyses on the provincial estimates.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The primary care practitioners’ (PCP) perceptions of disease given patients’ conditions are reflected in their narrated questions to specialists while using eConsult, an online primary care service. We then used pretrained Language Model (BERT) to extract important terms associated with contrasting segments of data.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Several years ago, my daughter Emma introduced me to some videos on YouTube of a dermatologist from California who posted her sometimes shocking but always intriguing encounters with patients who suffered from a variety of dermatologic issues. Yes, white and brown and green and black pus still oozed from the majority of her patients.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Active surveillance is a management strategy that is intended to limit overtreatment of localized prostate cancer by monitoring patients with periodic PSA measurements and prostate biopsies to delay or avoid curative therapy (radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy) and its adverse effects. and 6.1%, respectively). in 2000 to 59.8%

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Plum Health

JULY 6, 2023

Studies conducted by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Milliman provide valuable insights into these new models of healthcare delivery and financing. DPC and Subscription-based Primary Care are healthcare delivery models where a provider offers unlimited specified routine healthcare services for a monthly fee. As of 2019, 49.6%

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 20, 2025

  Whitnee Brown, a PMHNP and Doctor of Nursing Practice in Birmingham, Alabama, and her patient Lisa Roberts of Huntsville, shared their stories in support of the survey results, which can be viewed here.  This spring’s survey focused on antidepressants and how Americans view them.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

All healthcare professionals will have patients who are directly or indirectly impacted by the carceral system. Additionally, our guests urge us to recognize the ways in which our patients are impacted by incarceration and to ask our patients about these impacts in order to better care for them.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. Beyond time savings, ambient AI can enhance the quality of our patient interactions. The result?

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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. There are a growing number of Child Psychiatric Access Programs, including one in Massachusetts, which provide quick access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates referrals for accessing ongoing behavioral health care.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Valentine — On September 29, 2022, FDA approved Amylyx’s NDA for its drug, Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol), for treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see FDA announcement here ). This is evidence of FDA’s embrace of patient-focused drug development. By Frank J. Sasinowski & James E.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Episode Learning Objectives After listening to this episode, learners will be able to… Understand how they can better center patient experiences by engaging with, and conducting their own, qualitative research. She has advanced training in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Science. Zakaria, S., Vaught, A. Toth-Manikowski, S.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 25, 2025

Reynolds Blog Video Neil Baum, MD, asks whether your patients are satisfied with their care and shows how a quick survey could make the difference. If your patients are unhappy with care then they probably won't come back to your practice. June 25, 2025 By Neil Baum, MD Fact checked by Keith A.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Bauer, Senior Regulatory Drug Expert — Our readers probably know that we value and advocate for patient engagement as an essential component in the development of medical products (see our firm’s commitment here ).

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

As a result of this decision, Semglee can now be substituted for Lantus prescriptions without the intervention of a health care provider in accordance with state substitution regulations. Thus, though Semglee is not new to the market, it is for the first time substitutable for Lantus without intervention of a health care provider.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

FDA recognizes the potential of RWE to support regulatory submissions of medical devices and to inform benefit-risk analysis of such products, while assuring patients have timely access to devices. Rather than looking at how RWD/RWE provide meaningful information on safety and effectiveness, reviewers often focus on perceived gaps.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

MARCH 14, 2022

I was fortunate to know in advance I would not be matching, but having to manage patients and scrub into cases in between going through the process of applying to unfilled programs didn’t make things any better. The second time I didn’t match, I was in the middle of my original intern year on a busy surgery service.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

The episode also explores how digital tools can help youth manage their mental health, while also noting the need for culturally relevant care providers. A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients. 2019-1187 9. Published December 17, 2019. 2022;31(2):211-221. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2022.01.002

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not. isolation for SARS-CoV-2).

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FDA Law Blog

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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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A brief explainer on confirmatory evidence: how we got here Before we dive into the specifics of the new guidance, we should explain that the statutory standard we allude to is the requirement that an applicant provide “substantial evidence of effectiveness” to obtain approval of an NDA or BLA.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 22, 2025

While we pride ourselves on providing high-quality care for all children, we must acknowledge that the noisy, fast-paced, and unpredictable environment of the ED can be especially distressing for autistic patients. Advocate for transition planning resources as patients age out of pediatric care. 2019-1895L. Pediatrics.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Additional guidance on confirmatory evidence is sorely needed as the December 2019 draft guidance spends just two of its 18 pages telling us what FDA thinks of such a key piece of statutory language. Since 1962, the Act has given FDA authority to reject a drug application that fails to provide substantial evidence of effectiveness.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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. Criterion 2 : Non-Device CDS software functions display, analyze or print medical information about a patient or other medical information.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This announcement addresses one of the commitments in FDA’s Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health. FDA believes that the 510(k) process should not be eliminated but we are open to additional proposals and approaches for continued improvement of our device review programs.”

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding patients and health care providers that the safety and effectiveness of robotically-assisted surgical (RAS) devices for use in mastectomy procedures or in the prevention or treatment of breast cancer have not been established. 21 U.S.C. §

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