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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

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.

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MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Resolution 2023-04 : Coverage for live, in-person interpreter services under Minnesota Medical Assistance. Resolution 2021-09 : Support for high-quality interpreter services, along with research, patient rights awareness, advocacy, expanded access, interpreter protections and telehealth strategies.

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2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

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

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% Offer telehealth services to cut patient travel emissions while improving accessibility. We will be sharing different insights and learnings from this breakthrough and peer-reviewed study in the coming weeks.

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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

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Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog

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

FDA Law Blog

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. By John W.M. Post-market, combination products potentially face the same enforcement scrutiny as single-entity medical devices.