FDA Law Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Peter Marks at James Valentine ’s FDA Rare Disease Town Hall session at the DIA Annual Meeting last month (see Pink Sheet coverage here ), this Hub is intended to serve as the Center of Excellence that we in the rare disease community have been calling for its establishment over the last several years. By Sarah Wicks & James E.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With increasing emphasis on patient turnover and documentation, all while navigating the complexities of billing and authorization, our jobs are stressful and time-consuming. How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued?

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ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. In 2024, 82% of ABIM Board Certified rheumatologists due for an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

NORD’s announcement followed in the footsteps of European rare disease patient organization, Eurodis , who had celebrated the first Rare Disease Day the year before. What started as a day has — due to its popularity and the persistent efforts of patients and industry — evolved into a week-long event. recognition of Rare Disease Day.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

We noted that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had explained in its 2021 Gulf Med Pharmacy decision that prescribing red flags do not prohibit pharmacies from filling a prescription but are potential signs of diversion or risks to patient harm that pharmacists must resolve before filling. 50,372, 50,375, (June 13, 2024).

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

Her research, writing, and community engagement focuses on shifting consciousness in medical education toward abolitionist possibilities. She discovered narrative medicine, and to her, it was about finding and retelling individual and structural stories in antiracist ways. Learn more about her work at www.sayantanidasgupta.com.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. Word of mouth spread rapidly.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. In 2024, 75% of infectious disease physicians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Your research is a lot in this patient population, right? The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps.

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ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Most (49.5%) are in single-specialty group practice or multi-specialty group practice (38%).

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. In pediatric patients, this condition should be considered when blood pressure exceeds the 95th percentile for age, height, and sex by more than 30 mm Hg, or reaches levels above 180/120 mm Hg in older adolescents.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? He died in 2024.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Alex: Okay.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

There are now nearly 300 cryogenically frozen individuals in the US, another 50 in Russia , and a few thousand prospective candidates signed up. However, if we could make it work, it would really be a game-changer — from saving terminally ill patients to solving one of the main problems of interstellar travels.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Eric 04:44 Could just make you a little bit more resilient, you can increase your Rvus so you can see more patients. But we can’t lose sight of the system level, the x individual outside of the individual, the system level factors that inform our day to day workplace experience. If you were just. Ishwaria 17:15 Billing.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

The deadline for the Draft Guidance was December 29, 2023, so the draft, issued on June 26, 2024, is about 6 months late under FDORA’s mandate. FDA encourages sponsors to consult patients and healthcare providers to assist in developing such strategies. by sex, age or by genetic variations).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Matt Tyler (aka Pallidad for those on Twitter ): Matt is the Hospice and Palliative care doctor who created How To Train Your Doctor , which helps patients living with serious illness find tips on “owning” their healthcare plan on his Instagram and YouTube pages. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. These studies are important.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

In further contrast to the United States, MAID in Canada is almost entirely administered by a clinician, whereas in the United States patients must self administer. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Alex 03:21 Beautiful, beautiful song.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Give too much, it may cause harm (even if the higher dose had no significant side effects, it would require patients to take a lot of unnecessary additional pills as well as increase the cost.) So, what is the effective dose of palliative care? Give too little – it may not work. Jennifer 04:25 I can take that on. Eric 05:32 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Letter 3: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling Cannabis Altogether From: Democratic Senators Date: January 29, 2024 Twelve Democratic senators signed Letter 3. January 29, 2024). Letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, from Phil Weiser, et al., (Jan.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Only 5% of intervention patients received the facilitator-led component of the intervention (there were other components, facilitator-led was the most engaged component). The reason I chose this song is because I’m currently working on bringing advanced care planning sessions to the Latino community. Alex 03:54 Very generous.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

Most current PrEP users have commercial insurance, but Medicaid will be key for expanding access to lower-income communities. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. Many people still face stigma or lack insurance coverage, which can limit access. Your feedback is important to us.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

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Physicians News Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

According to the CDC , the onset of the 2024-2025 flu season has been marked by an unusually high number of cases. Among the most vulnerable groups, the elderly, young children, and individuals with pre-existing health conditions are experiencing severe complications.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 8, 2025

The results of this study provide an important and much-needed estimate of the rate of safety actions of Victorian surfers to beach users and the wider community," said Kiera Staley, Research Fellow at La Trobe Business Schools Center for Sport and Social Impact. This study helps to quantify surfers impact on community safety.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Rob Kennedy mingled with about a dozen other people in a community space in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. And that support is for the patient and their caregiver — because both can experience social isolation and distress after a diagnosis. At a memory cafe, having fun together and being social supports the well-being of participants.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2025

This rings particularly true amongst the rare disease patient community, along with many small biotech companies (and their investors) that take on the risk of developing orphan drugs for exceedingly small patient populations. When created in 2024, one of the goals of the Hub was collaboration between CDER and CBER.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We talk with Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones about the hospital-at-home movement, which has been shown to reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve the patient experience. JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Surrogates often either dont know what patients would want, or think they know but are wrong, or make choices that align with their own preferences rather than the patients. Or, to phrase the question for 2024, Can AI do better? After making decisions, many surrogates experience regret, PTSD, and depressive symptoms.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 31, 2024

And the reason why I’m choosing is because it’s respiratory virus season and we don’t want our patients to catch their breath. And I think that disconnect is why people don’t often think of themselves being at risk in the same way, which is more variable in 2024 than in previous years. All good ones.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available at: [link] Accessed December 3, 2024. An alternative treatment, you would be trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole for patients who are allergic to macrolides. I’ve had patients say, well, I don’t want tetanus. Pediatr Rev May 2018; 39 (5): 247–257.

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