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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

A critical shortage of clinicians who specialize in treating patients with OUD exacerbates this issue. While primary care (PC) settings have the potential to bridge this gap in care, many care teams lack the education and training required to effectively manage patients with OUD.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. This is like our, what, fourth deep prescribing super special?

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The LKA is a practical approach to lifelong learning

ABIM

Reau, MD Dr. Reau is ABIM Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, specializing in viral hepatitis. I also decided to enroll in the Internal Medicine LKA, as I had let that certification lapse, and then switched to the inpatient version when that became available in 2024. By Nancy S.

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15 Years Strong: Rare Disease Week’s Remarkable Journey of Support

FDA Law Blog

Led by Annie Kennedy, Everylife’s VP of Government Affairs and Policy, we worked the halls of Congress to educate lawmakers on the pressing needs of the rare disease community. Photo from February 28, 2024, White House Rare Disease event (from left to right: Frank Sasinowski, Christina Hochul, Paul Melmeyer)

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued? I am not liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. We simply cannot.

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Primary Care Addiction Consultation Service: Colorados Implementation Support for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

This intervention used a primary care addiction consultation service model including education, an addiction medicine consultant, and practice facilitation to increase capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. Results Practice types included clinician-owned, FQHCs, and system-owned; most specialized in family medicine (91%, N=22).

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How Doctors Can Save More and Do Less

The Motivated MD

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. From the moment you start post-graduate education (internship and residency), this is seen as a physician’s first ‘real job.’ Not an easy thing to do.

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