CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

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Patients Finance Education Utilities 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The COVID pandemic disrupted global healthcare, impacting academic medical centers (AMCs) in the United States, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of its effects on healthcare delivery and utilization. Study Design: This retrospective case series analysis utilizes Vizient’s clinical database data.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Utilities Patient-Centered Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. Our work builds a foundation for cost-effective workflows to support patients with multimorbidity. 8% (n= 1,146) were ordered for medical condition management.

Referral 130

Referral Chronic Condition Medical Chronic Disease 130

Myriad Genetics

MARCH 13, 2024

The NORD report notes: “Genetic testing…is being increasingly utilized to help diagnose rare diseases, the majority of which are genetic in origin. Knowing Myriad Genetics’ Foresight ® Carrier Screen looks for up to 176 genetic conditions associated with serious and prevalent inherited conditions, such as Krabbe, SMA, and cystic fibrosis.

Diagnose 52

Diagnose Screening Diagnosis Family 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

19:05 Clarifying the “ethics vs science” argument and critiquing research techniques 22:00 Resurgence of race-based speculation in COVID-19-related research 25:57 Implantation of ideas about innate racial inferiority within medicine 28:32 Will removal of race from algorithms potentially harm our patients?

Clinic 52

Clinic Education Clinical Practice Patient-Centered 52

Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. At its core, the technology utilizes sophisticated speech recognition to transcribe a conversation in the exam room or at the bedside. The result?

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Telemedicine Clinic Electronics 52

FDA Law

AUGUST 4, 2022

Recognizing that this out-of-pocket cost still represents a significant financial barrier for many patients, Pfizer proposed a Direct Copay Assistance Program for Medicare Part D beneficiaries using tafamidis. Further, “there is little utility in comparing the language of the BIS to that of the AKS.”. OIG disagreed.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Medical Government IT 98

FDA Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In its petition filed earlier this month, Pfizer challenges HHS’s interpretation of the AKS as “staggeringly overbroad,” contrary to the congressional intent behind the AKS, and a threat to “almost any activity that facilitates patient access to federally funded healthcare.” Pfizer’s Petition to SCOTUS. SCOTUS has until Dec.

Manufacturing 83

Manufacturing Patient-Centered Healthcare Utilities 83

Physician's Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Topics Access and Reimbursement Billing & Collections Coding & Documentation Finance Law & Malpractice MedMal by Coverys Patient Engagement & Communications Staffing & Salary Technology Media Video & Interviews Podcasts Medical World News Pearls Surveys Best States to Practice Great American Physician Survey Staff Salary Survey (..)

Management 52

Management Diabetes Patients Insurance 52

Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

Topics Access and Reimbursement Billing & Collections Coding & Documentation Finance Law & Malpractice MedMal by Coverys Patient Engagement & Communications Staffing & Salary Technology Media Video & Interviews Podcasts Medical World News Pearls Surveys Best States to Practice Great American Physician Survey Staff Salary Survey (..)

Management 52

Management Healthcare Experience Patients Hospital 52

FDA Law

JUNE 22, 2022

In the second case, occurring from January to May 2020, a registered nurse, admitted to daily tampering of fentanyl vials and hydromorphone injectables wherein she removed the drugs from the vials replacing them with saline solution. See Press Release, DOJ, Danville Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Federal Drug Charge (Aug. 4, 2022).

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Provider Government Management 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 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.

Patients 52

Patients Screening Illness Physicals 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: American Family Cohort, a data asset including electronic health records of 8 million patients from family practices across 50 US states. Population Studied: Patients with ≥1 visit between January 2018 and December 2019 and who remained in the cohort until at least May 2020. 95% CI 0.51, 0.7)

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Diagnosis Family Practice 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Yannis Valtis, Ebi Okah, and Carine Davila, about research in their respective fields.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

PEMBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Our role as providers is to identify the patients who have a life-threatening etiology to their syncope. History and physical examination are critical components to any emergency department evaluation but are especially helpful in syncope patients. 2020, pemcincinnati.com/blog/redflags-syncope/. 2017): 189-198. Sobolewski, Brad.

Utilities 97

Utilities Screening Physicals Medical 97

Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The TCAR procedure also utilizes a special tool that reverses the blood flow that usually goes from the aorta to carotid and to the brain. Association of Transcarotid Artery Revascularization vs Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting With Stroke or Death Among Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis. Accessed March 10, 2020.

Utilities 52

Utilities Complication Specialization Hospital 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Pearls: In 2020, American Indian and Alaska Native (Indigenous) communities experienced the highest drug overdose mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group, also surpassing rates among the non-Hispanic white population. Dr. Jordan and Dr. Isom both agree that simply offering treatment services and having an “open door” are not enough.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Mental Health Board-Certified 52

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. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. Eric: Okay.

Patient-Centered 122

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Caveat as well that RCTs should not be placed on pedestal as the only answer- often patients enrolled in RCTs do not represent real world patients – observational studies do. For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 126

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Within hours of recording this podcast, I joined a family meeting of an older patient who had multiple medical problems including cancer, and a slow but inexorable decline in function, weight, and cognition. The patient’s capacity to make decisions was marginal, and his sons were shouldering much of the responsibility.

Patient-Centered 132

Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

How to be sensitive to the risks of stereotyping based on recommendations from the few members of the board to the many heterogeneous patients served? And so it was really the patients, you know, the caregivers, the family members were the ones who were sort of the closest in observing. Who would/should be on that board?

Consulting 63

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Family 63

FDA Law

JULY 9, 2024

For rare diseases, although patient numbers may be too small to detect meaningful differences in safety or effectiveness, the Draft Guidance states that consistent representative enrollment may still provide opportunities for hypothesis generation and further study. providing language assistance); Reducing participant burden (e.g.,

Clinic 59

Clinic Provider Individual IT 59

PEMBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Kit Carney and Dr. Kristen Humphrey discuss gun violence, its impact on our patients and their families, as well as practical tips on advocating for safe storage of firearms, and how we can support victims of violence. From 2019 to 2020, the rate of firearm related deaths among children increased by 30%.

Family 52

Family Families Mental Health Healthcare 52

FDA Law

JUNE 2, 2023

For 10 high-cost single source covered outpatient drugs selected annually by CMS, manufacturers would be required to respond to a so-called “price verification survey” by providing not only clinical and utilization information about the drug, but also costs of production, distribution, research, and marketing; revenue and profit; and ex-U.S.

Manufacturing 59

Manufacturing Vaccination Government Diagnosis 59

FDA Law

AUGUST 21, 2023

After all, the labeling is intended to do exactly that: it informs patients and prescribers of the risks to ensure the product is used effectively and in a manner that mitigates risks, according to FDA’s understanding of the relevant science. FDA, in other words, directed, and continues to direct, pregnant women to a learned intermediary.

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Consulting Healthcare Professional IT 40

BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

METHOD The cross-sectional study was conducted on family physicians and family health staff working in primary care family health centers in Üsküdar district of Istanbul with a population of 520,771 between 25-29 December 2020 [4]. Primary care visits increase utilization of evidence-based preventative health measures. BMC Fam Pract.

Vaccination 40

Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

You were on a National Academy of Sciences committee started in 2020? I know you’ve been a strong advocate for nursing home patients particularly in California. Eric: All right, let’s jump into this topic. Improving nursing home quality. Jasmine, I’m going to start with you. Jasmine: Yes. Is that right?

Finance 95

Finance Board-Certified IT Provider 95

FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Typically, generic sponsors carve out a patent-protected indication or patient population, but technically, any method of use can be carved out as long as FDA determines that the product can still be used safely and effectively without the patent-protected information. Especially now with the utility of the use code minimized.

IT 52

IT Provider ER Insurance 52

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

And just going back to that patient, I’ll tell you, before I started this role, I would have probably looked at the handout box in our clinic and been like, oh, okay. We just kind of start to amass these handouts and I would give them to the patient. Is it the patient? Eric: Wait, county 911? Lindsey: Our county 211.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

FDA Law

AUGUST 14, 2022

Medicare Part D redesign: The IRA changes Medicare Part D starting in 2025 by lowering the patient out-of-pocket (“OOP”) limit to $2,000, adjusted annually in subsequent years. Much has been written in the press and by analysts about the impact that these provisions will have on drug innovation, drug manufacturer revenues, and patient access.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Government Vaccination Utilities 98

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Everything.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125

FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Under all of these programs, patient co-insurance would be calculated based on the MFP so that patients receive the benefit of that price. In the coverage gap phase, the patient would continue to pay 25% coinsurance but manufacturers would subsidize 10% of the remaining cost through the new CGDP. 8126 with a lower MFP.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Insurance Government Patients 52