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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: 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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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.

IT 59
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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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Are your patients satisfied?

Physician's Practice

He has written a book, What’s Going on Down There? He has written ten books on practice management and the business of medicine. Dr. Baum has published a book, The Business Basics of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice, (Springer 2019), which emphasizes the importance of being involved in the business of a medical practice.

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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. This week, we will tackle choosing to rent or buy a home in 2025. Stay tuned!

Finance 52
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Goodbye NSURE, Hello ACNU! FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule to Bring OTC Drugs with a Little Something Extra to Market

FDA Law

The first was to develop labeling beyond the DFL and the second was to propose “additional conditions that a consumer must fulfill” with the examples self-selection tests utilizing a mobile app or a requirement for the consumer to affirm they have watched a video or read text about use of the drug.