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Episode 354: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 25 – Live from SGIM 2024: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2024 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD, an internist and social epidemiologist who specializes in the care of women with chronic medical conditions and racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, and Dr. Caroline Sloan, MD, a general internist whose research focuses on how financial considerations are imbued into medical decision-making. Cooper, L.

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Healthcare Administrative Assistant: Skills, Training, and Career Outlook in Connecticut

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Managing accurate, up-to-date electronic health records while protecting patient confidentiality. Tech-savviness with EHR systems: Admin assistants should be proficient in electronic health record software, the digital version of a patient chart. Scheduling patient appointments and ensuring providers’ schedules are well-organized.

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4 Ways Temporary Medical Staff Maintain Patient Care

Barton Associates

Reducing Burnout Among Permanent Staff Did you know that nearly half of physicians (45.2%) reported at least one symptom of burnout in 2023? Adapt quickly to new processes, electronic health record (EHR) systems, and more. Bring specialized skills that might be otherwise lacking among permanent staff.

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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

These programs recognize the increasing difficulties in having to first see a community-based primary care provider before seeing a specialized psychiatrist. 2023 Apr;21(2):166-7. Diversifying your mental health outreach goes hand in hand with diversifying your providers. References Benton TD , Boyd RC , Njoroge WF. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

FDA Law

Section 3606(a) of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA) directed FDA to “issue or revise draft guidance that includes recommendations to clarify and advance the use of decentralized clinical studies to support the development of drugs and devices,” not later than December 29, 2023. DHTs include monitoring instruments (e.g.,

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly side of 510(k)s—HP&M’s Early Experience with the eSTAR Template for 510(k)s

FDA Law

FDA announced on October 3, 2022 that the voluntary electronic Submission Template And Resource (eSTAR) templates would be required beginning October 1, 2023, as we blogged about here. Several sections of the eSTAR templates have questions that walk through related guidance documents.

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Pregnancy outcomes and complications in refugees and other newcomers at a Family Medicine practice in Philadelphia, PA [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting/Dataset Data were extracted from the electronic health records at a Family Medicine practice in Philadelphia, PA. Population Studied Inclusion criteria were ages 16-45 with a DME performed between 2018 and 2023. Special attention must be paid to the gaps in care and the risk of infectious diseases in this population.

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