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Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives: To link primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data with community and hospital data and to test the utility of the merged dataset through a targeted quality improvement (QI) intervention among high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Risk factors (i.e.,

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Medical Music Mondays: Lipase High!

PEMBlog

But that’s silly and only something you see in board review books. 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.

Medical 52
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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! Also this needs Orthopedic intervention within 24 hours. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis I got me a SCFE!

Medical 52
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Are your patients satisfied?

Physician's Practice

These videos are 5 to 10 minutes in length and will provide practical ideas and suggestions that have been tested in his practice or used by other physicians that significantly improve the efficiency and productivity of their medical practices. Dr. Baum is Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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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. As many learn throughout their medical training, we are often relocated every few years. Four years in medical school. Stay tuned!

Finance 52
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Pearls profiles: Get to know Neil Baum, MD

Physician's Practice

Reynolds Feature Video Introducing Neil Baum, MD, Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the author of multiple books. He has also written The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice, which was published in 2015. He has written a book, What’s Going on Down There?

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A true story of payer negotiations

Physician's Practice

Physicians, whether in small practices or employed by hospitals, face a daunting challenge when trying to get a payer to approve a medication, procedure or imaging study. I sent them articles from the medical literature that confirmed the office procedure had outcomes equivalent to the surgical procedure. Neil Baum, M.D. ,