The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

With remote-controlled medical robots, caretakers can interact with their patients, check on their living conditions and the need for further appointments. A human-sized, smiling robot combines the very best in cutting-edge technology and human touch to provide frequent check-ins and non-medical care for residents in long-term care settings.

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Healthcare Hospital Medical Patient-Centered 64

ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Dave, MD, MPH , inquired how stressors may contribute to candidates failing the certification examination and Dr. McDonald stated that knowledge gaps were the primary cause, though ABIM provides safeguards to reduce stress like grace periods and consideration of compassionate exemptions for extraordinary life circumstances.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Community Government 40

FDA Law Blog

JULY 10, 2023

By Day 100 If MDUFA Decision is not reached by Day 100, FDA provides Missed MDUFA Decision Communication that identifies outstanding review issues. Performance Metric FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 Average Number of FDA Days to MDUFA IV Decision 72.62 By Day 90 FDA sends final MDUFA Decision on 510(k).

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Provider IT Engineering Medical 75

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

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. With their regular providers? The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. In their communities?

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 123

ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

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.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Government Internal Medicine Private Practice 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

But in reality, given workforce shortages and just the challenges and the resources necessary to be able to provide early integrated palliative care from the time of diagnosis of advanced cancer, the model simply is not implementable, at least not in our current state with our available infrastructure and resources. Eric 10:25 Great.

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Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 106

ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

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.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Government Community Education 52

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. GPs Provide Most Healthcare The following graph shows that by far most patient/doctor contacts are with GPs.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

December 2020. In social work, it’s called self-determination of the client, meaning at the end of the day, I can provide resources to this older adult or to this caregiver, whoever it may be. Is it getting to a doctor’s appointment? Geriatrics. Journal of Patient Experience. Alaine: Yeah.

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Family Families IT Patient-Centered 96

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The rule also aimed to provide “consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss with improved access to devices that meet their needs and are less expensive than current options.” Reportedly, buyers of OTC hearing aids tend to be younger and seek a simple process without appointments or prescriptions.

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Utilities IT Engineering Appointment 64