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Practice tip of the week: Improving the patient experience

Physician's Practice

Offer Amazon-style scheduling Consumers book flights and groceries online; they want the same autonomy in health care. Start by mapping appointment types—new patient, well-visit, urgent squeeze-in—and building smart rules so the platform can’t double-book or slot a complex case into a 10-minute window.

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The Streams Have Been Crossed: FTC Enters FDA Territory

FDA Law

” At least that’s this blogger’s reaction to the recent news that FTC sent out Notice letters to 10 different drug companies about the patent information they list in the Orange Book. As FTC explains in a Press Release , the Agency “challenged more than 100 patents” that it believes are improperly or inaccurately listed in the Orange Book.

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Medical Music Mondays: Back in a SCFE

PEMBlog

Lyrics [Verse] The ice cream fell off the cone today A year of leg pain, now my left hip gave way Orthopedic surgery is booked for tomorrow Never seen hip X-Rays bring one kid such sorrow [Chorus] I got me a SCFE! Slipped capital femoral epiphysis I got me a SCFE!

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Medical Music Mondays: Lipase High!

PEMBlog

But that’s silly and only something you see in board review books. Did you know that pancreatitis is mostly caused by viruses in kids? They don’t drink alcohol or get gallstones like grown ups. Also, scorpion bites apparently cause it. Anyway, this would be a better Broadway musical than most retreads of 1980s & 90s movies.

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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

I am using our weekly blog posts to create a future book that hopefully will apply to medical trainees and early career physicians looking to build generational wealth, get out of debt, and take control of their financial lives. ’ Having a high income and being wealthy are not synonymous. What is Lifestyle Creep?

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Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025

The Motivated MD

This marks the 10th chapter of our Doctor Money finance series, which I hope to complete and formally turn into a publishable book or e-book in the not-too-distant future. I found this to be true in my life, and I think that for those in healthcare professions with prolonged training, it can be even more difficult. Stay tuned!

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. Think about the last time you attended a talk on communication skills or goals of care discussions. Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice?

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