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

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. Intervention/Instrument A multiclass random forest (RF) method for risk prediction was utilized. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania.

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

FDA Law Blog

telemedicine and telehealth solutions (e.g., We also note this CDRH’s effort aligns with the FDA-wide effort to utilize digital health technologies that are discussed in recent draft guidance documents as follows: Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials for Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices.

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

GeriPal

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. Now is the time to act, dear listeners! Well, what do we do now?

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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

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.