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"Sludge audits" identify obstacles to completing colorectal cancer screening

Common Sense Family Doctor

Calling to schedule the next available appointment and taking time off work. A 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review introduced the term sludge to describe “these types of situations in which the design of a specific process consistently impedes individuals from completing their intended action.” Travel to the doctor’s office.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Johnson, MD, FACP, FIDSA , Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, added that ABIM provides program directors with aggregate performance data in their programs and, with permission, individual graduate data so that program directors can make adjustments to the programs as needed.

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law

Performance Metric FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 Average Number of FDA Days to MDUFA IV Decision 72.62 Upon receiving the AI letter, appoint a lead person and disseminate the letter among team members for review. Average Number of Industry Days to MDUFA IV Decision 54.69 Average Number of Total Days to MDUFA IV Decision 127.31

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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

A workgroup convened in 2020 found that the existing practice categories candidates could choose were inadequate to the real scope of community practice and proposed updates drawn from the American Medical Association and the Diplomate Professional Profile. Society guests departed at this point in the meeting.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

So delivering those month visits in clinic, often in tandem with their other oncology appointments. Lynn, what were you doing in Covid 2020? Lynn 37:35 I wasn’t doing outpatient in 2020. But it really does need some individualizing. Vicki 37:26 Great question. Eric 37:37 Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. So, I love how tailored and individualized it was, and that’s what this process evaluation is really showing us, so far.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Because chronic diseases are largely managed in primary care and are therefore the GPs’ daily business: Patients with multimorbidity account for 78% of GP appointments (based on 100,000 UK patients). 29 Source: OECD Health Statistics 2020 (without dental care) 29 8. Family medicine today is therefore more important than ever.