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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FDA Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

FDA recognizes the potential of RWE to support regulatory submissions of medical devices and to inform benefit-risk analysis of such products, while assuring patients have timely access to devices. We, and many stakeholders, agree that RWD and RWE can play an invaluable role. ” ( 89 FR 20882 at 20889, March 26, 2024).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

In analyzing electronic health records for almost 800,000 patients, the researchers found the vaccines to be 75% effective against acute infection, meaning illness that was serious enough to send a patient to a health care provider.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

The compliance policies described in the Guidance focus on the requirement that, beginning November 27, 2023, all trading partners generally will be required to use electronic-based approaches to meet the enhanced drug distribution security requirements set forth in in FDCA section 582(g)(1) (Enhanced Drug Distribution Security).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

They are often the first interface for patients experiencing mental health crises, not academic medical centers. Large language models and artificial intelligence technologies are likely biased by the documentation we place in the electronic health record, which may reinforce youth health disparities. Accessed 2024.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The LDT-specific Product Codes are as follows: SCE : IVD offered as LDT, first marketed before May 6, 2024, and not modified beyond scope described in preamble to LDT Final Rule. b)(1)(ii) requires manufacturers to keep copies of ALL electronic acknowledgments sent by FDA in response to electronic MDR, not just Ack3.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These data are routinely collected from a variety of sources, such as electronic health records, providing information on health and healthcare in actual patients, rather than in the controlled environment of a clinical trial. This value is potentially even greater for rare diseases, where there are limited sources of data.

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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. You spend your life dedicated to patient care while still hoping to leave work and have the energy to be mentally and physically present for your families and friends.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Valentine On November 19, 2024, FDA released a draft guidance titled Frequently Asked Questions Developing Potential Cellular and Gene Therapy Products. Tobolowsky & Charles G. Raver & James E. Section #1: FDA Interactions Given the wide range of sponsors (i.e.,

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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 ).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective, Study Design, & Outcome Measures This study aims to characterize racial differences in smoking cessation pharmacotherapy use among cigarette users within the Epic Cosmos database from January 2005 to January 2024. Results In the Cosmos database, 11.3% (n=17,124,293) of patients reported previous or current tobacco use.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

A 2024 study published in the journal Nature Medicine found that military veterans with brain injuries saw major mental and physical improvements after just one ibogaine session. Ibogaine is a psychedelic that causes powerful hallucinations and can last for hours. In Brazil, the therapy has helped thousands.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

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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

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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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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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

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. So, learn as many as you can and what they’re all about.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

We discuss, among other things: Findings that in several studies AI was rated by patients as more empathetic than human clinicians (not less, that isn’t a typo). The experience of both patients and clinicians isn’t very good. And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? Quality isn’t very good.

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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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FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

On Thursday, May 16, 2024 , the Attorney General issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to initiate rulemaking proceedings to reschedule marijuana. The NPRM was signed by the Attorney General but published by DEA in the Federal Register on May 21, 2024. 44,597 (May 21, 2024). 21 U.S.C. § Basis at 24; NPRM at 44,617.

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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). And interesting enough, this is a really fascinating study that just got published in JAMA I M in December of 2024. Alex 03:54 Very generous. Is that right?

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 8, 2025

While more than 45,000 active volunteer surf lifesavers and 1,350 professional lifeguards provided services at beaches across Australia in 2024, an estimated 740,000 surfers were on the coastline, across patrolled and unpatrolled locations. Sometimes, bystanders become victims themselves.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

And like the Tennants, many patients find themselves stuck in a convoluted appeals process marked by long wait times, frustrating customer service encounters, and decisions by medical professionals they’ve never met who may lack relevant training. For most patients, though, the process works seamlessly. Senate report.

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