ABIM

JUNE 20, 2025

ABIM Governance provides a meaningful and rewarding opportunity to join outstanding colleagues in service to the profession and to patients. In addition to positions for physicians, these include several openings for patients/caregivers and healthcare team members. Applications are due Sunday, July 20, 2025. RN, APRN, PA, NP, Pharm.D.,

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Let’s practice with a case: You are called to admit a 72 year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and knee replacement seven days prior who presents with acute, pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. In a patient with a low pretest probability, a negative D-dimer significantly decreases the probability of a PE, and effectively rules it out.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 12, 2022

Who is the patient? Also: Exclude extraneous information – Example: In a patient presenting with fever, cough, and shortness of breath, their history of chronic knee osteoarthritis does not belong in the PR. One day later the patient also develops a rash. It can and should evolve as you gather new information.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

No prior history of atrial fibrillation – just hypertension and diabetes. Had the ED not ordered a chest CT, would I have tested this patient for COVID-19? The patient I saw with atrial fibrillation and RVR likely wouldn’t even have merited testing in early March, yet he clearly had the disease in mid April.

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Illness Diagnosis Emergency Room Diagnose 52

Vascular Physician

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Peripheral Arterial Disease and Foot Wounds By Lauren Molchan, DPM R2 When do you suspect PAD in patients with wounds? · · Past medical history indicators of PAD include: history of smoking, age 65 or greater, diabetes history, CAD or stroke, or history of renal, carotid or mesenteric ischemia. . ·

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Vascular Physician

MARCH 25, 2022

Medications to use include controlling dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes along with antiplatelet therapy. Patients with burdensome symptoms and occlusive disease can be managed by a vascular surgeon, either with open surgery or percutaneously.

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Hypertension Treatment Plan Diabetes Diagnosis 52

Vascular Physician

APRIL 22, 2024

How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection High blood pressure is a well-known medical condition that many people understand is a risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes. Unfortunately, high blood pressure does not always present with symptoms that are noticeable by the patient.

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Vascular Physician

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is preferred by medical professionals and patients alike thanks to the many benefits it can provide. What Are the Potential Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

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Consulting Specialization Diabetes IT 52

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Some of the additional APhA meeting sessions will include: Patient counseling Veterinary Basics for Community Pharmacists The ABCs of 340B Federal Regulation Affecting the Practice of Nuclear Pharmacy Pharmacy’s Impact on Disparities in Research Pharmacists and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Updates in Alzheimer’s Disease Unique Patient Case Studies (..)

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Patient-Centered Diabetes Education Community 59

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 3, 2019

– an approach to “Antibiotic Failure.” To make our learning stick, try to remember a patient encounter in which you asked, “why aren’t they getting better on antibiotics?” In cellulitis this would most commonly be MRSA, and given Mrs. G’s diabetes, Pseudomonas and ESBL producing gram negative rods are possible as well.

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Diagnosis Diabetes Diagnose Clinic 52

ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings.

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Diabetes Board-Certified Telehealth Government 52

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. And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

12, 2012) (quoting Bob’s Pharmacy & Diabetic Supplies; Revocation of Registration, 74 Fed. In Gulf Med , 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.” Holiday CVS, L.L.C. d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy Nos.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well. Over time, GPs put their patients into context.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wasserstein — Three patient advocate groups have sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), challenging HHS’s 2020 Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters (NBPP) rule. The patient, on the other hand, is no closer to meeting their deductible than before.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

In order to heal her patients she first had to heal her ailing profession. And this is a medical system that needs to be disrupted because our medical system (as you know) is endangering the lives of patients right now—and physicians. I give you Dr. Pamela Wible. Born into a family of physicians who warned her not to pursue medicine.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Controlling Medicare Part D Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs and Total Drug Costs. The Plan supports legislative action to control total drug costs and patient out-of-pocket (“OOP”) costs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries. Other legislative proposals included improving supply chain transparency.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Patient-Centered Utilities 98