2023, Clinic and Telehealth - Primary Care Digest

Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania. The RF models had an AUROC of 0.87 for CA, 0.85 for NS, and 0.92

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Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Receipt of a stimulant prescription for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) via telehealth is not associated with an increased risk for substance use disorder (SUD), according to a study published online June 11 in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Vinod Rao, M.D., Vinod Rao, M.D.,

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Tobacco Use Screening In Community-Based Primary Care Clinics By Visit Modality During The Covid-19 Pandemic [Smoking cessation]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care delivery was significantly impacted by COVID-19, with rapid deployment of telehealth after the United States’ national public health emergency (PHE) declaration in March 2020. In the years following the PHE, rates of screening for tobacco use decreased, particularly during telehealth visits.

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community

MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

Legislative Action to Improve Interpreter Access Barriers persist in accessing live interpreters at clinics across Minnesota, even though systems are in place. Resolution 2023-04 : Coverage for live, in-person interpreter services under Minnesota Medical Assistance. Interested? Email us.

Family Physician

Family Physician Primary Care Telehealth Community

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

Despite projected shortages, the overall job outlook for a doctor in the United States is positive— according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , overall employment of physicians is projected to grow 4% between 2023 and 2033, which is as fast as the average for all occupations, healthcare or otherwise.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% It tells your office colleagues and patients that your healthcare practice or clinic is committed to forging a healthier work space and community. from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old. Let’s talk!

Healthcare Professional

Healthcare Professional Healthcare Community Medical Advice

Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Cato — On May 2nd, FDA released a new draft guidance with recommendations for decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and devices. In a DCT, trial-related activities may occur in trial participants’ homes, at local health care providers’ offices, or in local clinical laboratories.

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Clinic Telehealth Provider Electronics

Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That emergency declaration is set to expire on May 11, 2023. The rule would permit a practitioner using a telemedicine encounter to prescribe controlled substances without an in-person visit under various situations involving both an audio-visual telehealth evaluation, or an in-person evaluation performed by a “referring” provider.

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CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Cato — On June 1, CDRH announced that it is seeking public comment on questions regarding how CDRH can facilitate access to medical technologies designed for use outside of traditional clinical settings, particularly in the home. telemedicine and telehealth solutions (e.g., and remote or wearable patient monitoring devices (e.g.,

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Medical Patients Healthcare Electronics

As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Claud — As we turn into the New Year, we offer a few items of interest in digital and telehealth regulation, enforcement, and compliance that may provide some helpful guideposts for stakeholders. More updates will follow here as trends develop in 2023. By John W.M.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Patient-Centered Provider Telehealth

When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care.

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Under FDORA, FDA to Require Most Drug and Device Trials to Submit Diversity Action Plans

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

Livornese — Last month, Congress took a big step towards improving clinical trial diversity by requiring sponsors of most drug and device clinical studies to submit a diversity action plan when they submit key trial documents to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This guidance was finalized in 2020.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Really, across the board, there was a spike, and it seemed to have, seems to have come down from 2022 to 2023. We do a lot of clinical focused discussions. We shouldn’t be screening every older age and adult who comes into our clinic about these incidents for different reasons. As far as the numbers, pretty significantly.

Mental Health

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

This DEA is taking 6-months to consider how to move forward vis a vis restrictions and requirements for telehealth in a post-pandemic world. See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. Brooke: So I think of telehealth as the umbrella. Eric: Yeah.

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Senator Durbin Has Questions About FDA’s “Operational Capacity” to Oversee DTC Prescription Drug Advertising Amid Workforce Reductions – Don’t We All?

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2025

Senator Durbins letter references a January 2023 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that more than two-thirds of drugs advertised on television were considered to have low therapeutic value. Maximizing patient clinical outcomes and quality of life may ultimately minimize healthcare resource utilization.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

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Tobacco Use Screening In Community-Based Primary Care Clinics By Visit Modality During The Covid-19 Pandemic [Smoking cessation]

MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Green Practice News: April 2025

Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Under FDORA, FDA to Require Most Drug and Device Trials to Submit Diversity Action Plans

Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

Senator Durbin Has Questions About FDA’s “Operational Capacity” to Oversee DTC Prescription Drug Advertising Amid Workforce Reductions – Don’t We All?

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