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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

But these early systems often struggled with complex medical terminology and the natural flow of conversation. 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. Dragon Medical One.

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Also, while evidence for lab evaluation based on history and exam findings was established for adults, children were considered to have a medical etiology (organic psychosis) until proven otherwise. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Logistics Unwrapped: A Roadmap to Successful FDA Meetings in In-Person and Hybrid Formats

FDA Law

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — Over the last three and a half years, meetings with FDA were conducted virtually. CDRH recently announced its acceptance and hosting of in-person meetings, including hybrid options that allow for both physical and virtual participation.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

A 2024 study published in the journal Nature Medicine found that military veterans with brain injuries saw major mental and physical improvements after just one ibogaine session. But experts say the risks can be lowered through heart screenings, close monitoring and giving magnesium before and during treatment, The Times added in its report.

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Episode 322: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 24 – Leveraging Narrative Medicine to Cultivate Antiracist Praxis

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Together, our guests offer context around how the medical and carceral systems are deeply intertwined and go hand-in-hand. Explain the significance of abolition medicine, and the role of the medical system in upholding and perpetuating carceral logics.

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A review of the utility of the ECG in Pediatric Syncope

PEMBlog

The majority of these are cardiac and so today we will review what to look for in your screening ECG. History and physical examination are critical components to any emergency department evaluation but are especially helpful in syncope patients. “What is the yield of screening echocardiography in pediatric syncope?

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. I mean, to me, the Buddhist concept that there are multiple forms of suffering, like there’s the suffering that’s due to pain and physical symptoms. I think there is a difference, too, between physical suffering, and we have to also give that its dignity. Pain Manag Nurs.

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