Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

from MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, and colleagues retrospectively identified and evaluated 130 ankles from 122 patients with a mean follow-up of 5.9 years after primary TAA to examine implant survivorship and clinical and radiographic outcomes. percent) had adverse events, with medial gutter debridement (22 ankles; 16.9

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. The ABIM Council approved the pilot earlier this year and submitted it to the American Board of Medical Specialties, the final approval stage before implementation.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

By Ellis Unger, Principal Drug Regulatory Expert — On September 14, 2022, FDA/CDER/Office of New Drugs, in collaboration with the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, hosted a virtual meeting on advancing premarket safety analytics , including sessions on new FDA Medical Queries and standardized presentations of safety data.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

To date, regulatory enforcement litigation focused on actual or imminent patient harm has taken a backseat to cybersecurity as FDA continues to update and implement its oversight framework. But a compromised device is a threat to patient safety, so that timeline that could change in the event of an adverse event that imperils consumer health.

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ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. Chrostowski, DNP, APR-N, ANP-C , asked whether ABIM will offer continuing medical education (CME) credits through the LKA.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 12, 2025

FDAs interpretation of several threshold criteria for eligibility (serious condition, available therapy, unmet medical need) will continue to rely upon the 2014 Guidance. an intermediate clinical endpoint) and that is reasonably likely to predict an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

Alex: And we have Cathy Alessi, who is a geriatrician, Director of the Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Center at the VA, greater Los Angeles and Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Sleep is a focus of your academic and clinical career. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Brienne. Brienne: Thank you for having me.

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CDOCS

MAY 4, 2021

Without this additional skill set and post graduate training I simply could not deliver the results that my patients deserve. We need to recognize how clinical dentistry has become intertwined with digital technologies to synergistically assist us in providing enhanced diagnosis with safe and predictable treatment outcomes. &

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

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FDA Law

APRIL 23, 2023

This Draft Guidance focuses on the use of patient-level data from other clinical trials or from RWD sources. The goal is to select similar patients in the treatment and external control groups. stroke).

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Topics Access and Reimbursement Billing & Collections Coding & Documentation Finance Law & Malpractice MedMal by Coverys Patient Engagement & Communications Staffing & Salary Technology Media Video & Interviews Podcasts Medical World News Pearls Surveys Best States to Practice Great American Physician Survey Staff Salary Survey (..)

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FDA Law

APRIL 13, 2025

LYTGOBI was granted accelerated approval for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) with FGFR2 gene fusions or rearrangements. The problem? As a single-arm trial (i.e., As a single-arm trial (i.e.,

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

The following is a summary of “ORAKLE: Optimal Risk prediction for mAke30 in patients with sepsis associated AKI using deep LEarning,” published in the May 2025 issue of Critical Care by Oh et al.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 20, 2021

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 13: Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health Show Notes by Naomi F. Highlight how structural racism against Asian-Americans surfaces in clinical settings, and describe means of counteracting such structures. Insufficient language services (i.e.,

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Early data on efficacy in patients with anxiety and demoralization are promising. She’s also a leader in the Cancer Prevention and Control Center at the University of Colorado there at the Cancer Center.

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FDA Law

MARCH 17, 2022

Houck — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued a voluntary practice guideline on opioid prescribing for clinicians treating chronic pain five years ago. (We Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 87 Fed. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline, 10. By Larry K. 7,838 (Feb.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Tobolowsky — CDER, CBER, and the Oncology Center of Excellence recently published a final guidance document titled “ Considerations for the Use of Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products ” as another part of its real-world evidence (“RWE”) Program.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

If the purpose of initiating dialysis is improving function – our complex, frail, older patients are likely to be disappointed. And the main topic of today is a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine , Maria first author, that addressed the tradeoffs between initiating dialysis vs continued medical/supportive management.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

It’s a jampacked 50 minutes, filled with pearls on taking care of patients with liver disease. Kirsten 04:16 So, in emergency medicine, obviously, we are interacting and caring for these both exciting and interesting, but also very complex and humbling patients to care for in the ED setting. What’s the connection and why?

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In February, I decided to see what the hype was about, so on a weekend I wasn't on call, I worked all day Friday, came home around 8pm and went to bed, woke up after midnight, got dressed and made it to the club at 2am and got to see Jeezy perform front in center. I had definitely been missing out!

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. They were stunned by the number of calls for lift assistance for older adults who had fallen. Carmen: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. So there’s an event or a series of events.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

Jenny Chen is a palliative care fellow at Yale who regularly sings for her seriously ill patients. You can hear Tyler and I having a great time singing together and sharing stories around his podcast My Medical Mixtape. And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ?

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Others cited the call from communities to meet them where they are – be they senior centers, Black-owned businesses, or churches (we have a podcast planned in the fall with Fayron Epps and Karen Moss on the church setting). So am I measuring it for that specific clinic level quality metric or am I measuring it for my research study?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. The patient’s capacity to make decisions was marginal, and his sons were shouldering much of the responsibility. Ann, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Ann: Thank you.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

And, who within ASPE guides aging policy and connects policy to every day health challenges experienced by patients and clinicians? Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Praised by the FDA, Alzheimer’s Association (AA), and Pharma as a “game changer”, but derided by others for the drug’s lack of clinical efficacy, risk of severe adverse effects, absence of diversity in trial populations, high costs, and an FDA approval process that was in the kindest words “rife with irregularities”.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary For surgeons and patients, deciding if and when to operate can be challenging. Often, the way surgeons communicate about these decisions doesn’t make things any easier for themselves or their patients. He’s a linguistic and medical anthropologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Justin: Hello.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Sharon Brangman, who is a geriatrician and chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Upstate Medical University. And again, that can create a food desert, which can create health issues for patients and their families, so that’s an example of structural racism, but again, it’s baked into laws.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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