Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. As an experienced physician leader, she is known for always going the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. million members. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

Robotic nurses dressing mannequins and bed-bathing patients Delicate movement, like gently handling an elderly patient is traditionally the most challenging task to robots, who are much faster developing in intellectual tasks than matching humans in fine-motor skills.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The mother describes the upper leg as feeling swollen and tense, and the patient cries when the area is touched. Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis The child protection team and orthopedics were consulted due to concern for possible healing femur fracture. Osteomyelitis D. It most often affects the mandible and long bones.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

At that point, he was referred to pulmonology who started the patient on albuterol, manual chest physiotherapy, and a steroid inhaler with a plan for a fourth chest x-ray four weeks later. On arrival, the patient was febrile to 38.3C. Bronchopulmonary sequestration Our patient was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS).

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Valentine We recently blogged about a new December 2024 draft guidance about accelerated approval (the December 2024 draft guidance). While the first topic is addressed primarily in the December 2024 draft guidance, the considerations and policies FDA articulates in the January 2025 draft guidance are also relevant.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. Unfortunately, traditional care doctors often resort to the two easiest options for patients with joint or back pain: They send the patient for imaging or refer them to a specialist.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

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. It can differentiate between a physician’s questions and a patient’s responses and even filter out non-relevant small talk.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Additionally, he consults with federal agencies on mental health system design and practices. Dr.  They are often the first interface for patients experiencing mental health crises, not academic medical centers. A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients. Accessed 2024. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

When patients with DMD present in the Emergency Department (ED), an understanding of the nuanced aspects of their care is essential for optimal management. Once patients become non-ambulatory, they often develop secondary complications like lymphedema, which further complicates their care.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In October, FDA announced seven new clinical trial grants awarded in fiscal year (FY) 2024 – including one for a Phase 3 trial – totaling $17.2 Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field. million over the next four years.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement. 2024-066854. 2024-066855.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

Additionally, he consults with federal agencies on mental health system design and practices. Dr.  A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients. Accessed 2024. Academically, he has won multiple awards for research on structural violence, health equity, and mental health. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The ISO 10993-1: 2018 standard, in turn, describes contact duration as the cumulative sum of single, multiple, or repeated duration of contact, although we are aware that a draft version of the standard (ISO/DIS 10993-1:2024) may be heading in a similar direction to the draft guidance. KP Medical Device Consulting LLC By Adrienne R.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chemical characterization identifies and quantifies chemicals that may be released from the medical device, while a toxicological risk analysis (TRA) evaluates the risks to the patient associated with the chemicals identified. FDA is extending the comment period on the notice published September 20, 2024 ( 89 FR 77162 ). By Adrienne R.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From new initiatives to facilitate faster reviews for new indications under the Split Real Time Application Review (STAR) pilot program, to bringing new meetings under PDUFA goals, to continued support for rare diseases and incorporation of the patient voice, the goals letter revealed a good number of welcome announcements.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

50,372 , 50,377 (June 13, 2024). Prescribing Red Flags In the Gulf Med decision, DEA emphasized that “[r]ed flags are circumstances surrounding a prescription that cause a pharmacist to take pause, including signs of diversion or the potential for patient harm.” The expert specifically found that: Patient A.R.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sasinowski On December 5, 2024, FDA published a new draft guidance on accelerated approval providing a much needed and substantial update to its guidance on the pathway. FDAs December 5, 2024 draft guidance on accelerated approvals appears intended to cover each of these topics even if not by dividing them precisely along those lines.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

Initial appointments to both the Board and advisory council will occur by January 1, 2024. Prescription Drug Affordability Board The law also establishes a nine-member Prescription Drug Affordability Board and an 18-member stakeholder advisory council to provide advice to the Board on drug cost issues.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Primary care practices are often the first location a patient seeks treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). Addiction medicine consult services have emerged to help address the shortage in access to SUD treatment. Among the 22 participating practices, the mean number of patients prescribed buprenorphine increased from 1.5

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. These medications are truly life-changing for many patients.”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA. and consulting for Papa Health. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Forget a lunch break; she often eats a sandwich or some nuts as she heads to her next patient visit. “Our patient isn’t just the older adult,” Johnson said. “Hello.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

They assessed 19,108 patients with coronary artery disease from 7 hospitals in Massachusetts between January 2019 and March 2024. Cardiology consultations increased the likelihood of LDL-C goal attainment (OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.41–1.67), Females had lower odds of achieving LDL-C goals (OR 0.53, 95%CI 0.49–0.58),

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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 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 4, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. In 2024, 77% of eligible ABIM Board Certified endocrinologists who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. So I think the first reason that we saw and felt the opportunity was ripe for updating was that some of us had come across some anecdotal examples of patients expressing some offense to that terminology. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. Eric 03:25 So we have a lot to talk about, but I’m wondering if we can kind of take a big step back and just talk about the patient population that’s in nursing homes. Alex 03:21 Beautiful, beautiful song.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

The MQSA was passed to ensure, among other things, that nationwide, patients have access to quality mammography services. In turn, this could create unwarranted anxiety for the patient and result in additional testing (and costs). The final rule will be effective on September 10, 2024.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. The patient case. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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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. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. After doing her MD PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the genetic diagnosis of kidney disease, she started her residency training with the long term goal of being a physician scientist caring for patients with rare genetic disorders. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Coping in the setting of a serious illness about a patient encounter you had with somebody who used an. You probably haven’t read in a while what that patient encounter was like. Coping is something that we see our patients do. We can ask ourselves, is it serving the patient? How is it serving the patient?

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Formulate effective strategies for identifying, managing, and preventing inhalant misuse in pediatric patients. Updated February 26, 2024. Patients that use these will repeatedly use it throughout the day. If the patient is unconscious and in a tachyarrhythmia, the treatment is electricity! References Perry H, Burns MM.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The striking phrase “valley of death,” is generally understood to refer to the tendency for innovative technologies to fail to reach market, whether due to reimbursement and/or physician or patient preference. up to 60 total products enrolled through FY 2024). up to 125 total products enrolled through FY 2025).

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