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The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management. Results From November 2019 to June 2024, 636 clinicians attended ECHO Concussion sessions. The qualitative descriptive approach was used to inductively code FGD transcripts. 11 (9%) participated in FGDs.

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Better Care Models Needed for Young Adults With Obesity

Physician's Weekly

Obesity drugs were not utilized often in young adults and adolescents despite high complication rates, prompting researchers to call for chronic, holistic care. The data spanned from January 2019 to March 2024. In 2024, obesity medications were prescribed for 1.5% of adolescents and 5.7% of young adults.

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Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Guided by the Andersen model of health care utilization, we identified predisposing, enabling, need, and structural community characteristics from public data sources. Analyses were performed from 2023 to 2024. RESULTS In Virginia, 56.0% of census tracts had adequate PCP access.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. Additionally, hydralazine is another agent that was previously utilized in pediatric hypertensive emergencies.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis. You can contact her via email at egroopman@childrensnational.org. Pediatr Rev.

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CMS Final Medicaid Drug Rebate Rule Details New Misclassification Penalties and Numerous Other Changes

FDA Law Blog

Yet another rejection was a proposal requiring a diagnosis on Medicaid prescriptions as a condition for claims payment. Despite the removal of some of the most controversial proposals, the final rule still contains a variety of significant changes, which become effective on November 19, 2024. The most noteworthy are the following: 1.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. There was a difference, though, in hospice utilization, right? This 2024 is the year of AI.