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Machine learning models for atrial fibrillation detection in primary care using electronic health records: systematic review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Atrial fibrillation (AFib) significantly impacts patient morbidity and mortality, despite existing screening practices. Machine learning (ML) models offer potential for improved detection of AFib from electronic health records (EHR). We searched seven databases from inception to May 2023.

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Cardiovascular risk management of patients with depression in Dutch general practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

The majority of patients with depression is treated by their General Practicioner (GP). Knowing the current CVRM practice of Dutch GPs is needed before any recommendations regarding depressed patients can be made. Patients with a registered depression were compared to two controls. Intervention/instrument: not applicable.

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Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Micro-elimination projects aim to selectively foster diagnosis, treatment and reinfection of high priority demographic groups. Objective(s): This research explores patient navigation between primary care and specialty care to facilitate treatment completion in a health care system. Among new patients, 58.9% were female, 74.4%

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A Long Time Coming: DEA Regs Finally Authorize Schedule II Prescription Partial Fills

FDA Law Blog

CARA amended the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to enable physicians or patients to request pharmacists to partially fill prescriptions for schedule II substances including opioids and to allow remaining quantities to be filled up to 30 days after issuance of the prescription (up to 72 hours for emergency oral prescriptions). 21 U.S.C. §

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). 6, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Lack of Individual Drug Therapy Pattern prescribing can occur when physicians prescribe the same drugs, in the same quantities, in the same strengths to their patients, or a patient receives the same controlled substances repeatedly with no adjustment or change in therapy.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

She is a member of the Clinical Genome Resource Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) Clinical Domain Working Group, where as a biocurator she assesses the pathogenicity of variants in IEM-associated genes to facilitate expedited genetic diagnosis for IEMs. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

The episodes turned both women into advocates for patients and spurred research that made American health care safer. Haskell, of Columbia, South Carolina, has done research and helped write AHRQ-published surveys and guidebooks on patient engagement for hospitals. It also has published tools and guidelines to enhance patient safety.