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The clock is ticking for U.N. goals to end poverty — and it doesn't look promising

NPR Health - Shots

Can we end poverty, provide food for all and otherwise make Earth a better place by 2030? By all accounts, the answer is no. So then what's the point of the Sustainable Development Goals? Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Measuring Primary Care Access: Aligning Measurement with the Expanding Domains of Access [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

This includes Healthy People 2030, which has limited PC access to a single measure of ‘usual source of care’ As a result, it is necessary to improve the measurement of PC access and identify measures that can standardize access measurement across all levels of the PC community.

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Involvement in Health-Related Decision Making Among US Adults: Findings from the Health Information National Trends Survey [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

weighted), as Healthy People 2030 has a goal to increase the proportion of US adults whose health care providers ‘always’ involve them in health-related decisions. Response options were always, usually, sometimes, and never. We compared ‘always’ (n=2425, 52.9% weighted) to all other responses (n=2140, 47.1%

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Your Guide to Healthcare Careers in New Haven County, CT

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

The state’s Department of Labor projects that healthcare practitioners and healthcare support occupations will see greater employment through 2030, particularly in chronic care and family medicine. Nurses: Nurses work as part of a team to provide care and support, and educate patients about health conditions.

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Power to the Patient with Patient Generated Health Data

FDA Law Blog

One highlight of the workshop was that what matters to regulators, providers, and payors may not align with what matters to patients. It was noted that many patients don’t understand digital consent, what data they are providing, and for what purpose. Sponsors need to make sure patients and study participants can use the technology.

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A Final LDT Rule in April!? Will FDA be prepared?

FDA Law Blog

Unless FDA provides timely responses to pre-submissions, laboratories (and current IVD manufacturers) will not be able to submit applications that address FDA’s expectations. Thus, it is wholly unrealistic for the Third-Party Review Program to provide any meaningful reduction in Agency workload. Certain points are indisputable.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

So a lot of these patients that I care for are at risk for mortality or poor prognosis in general, and wanting to know how do we still provide them with quality care without giving them too many pricks, too many titrations when it comes to insulin. And just with the aging population, baby boomers are going to be hitting 65. It maxes out.