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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania. SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) to identify the relative importance of factors.

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Creative Dissemination: Community-Engaged Mural to Disseminate the PORTRAIT Registry on Peripheral Arterial Disease [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective The PORTRAIT Registry tracked 797 patients with new or worsening PAD symptoms at vascular specialty clinics and highlighted the underutilization of prevention services and significant disparities in quality of life among women, non-white patients, and those with financial barriers.

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Valve Unit Implementation Reduced ICU Admissions After TAVR

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Postinterventional surveillance at a dedicated valve unit is safe and reduces intensive care utilization after TAVR,” published in the June 2025 issue of Clinical Research in Cardiology by Gonska et al.

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Biomarker Panel Improves Prediction of CKD Progression in Children

Physician's Weekly

Biomarkers were measured in stored plasma and urine collected five months after enrollment, and a regression tree-based model was constructed using a panel of clinically relevant biomarkers to predict the time to the composite event. The C-statistic increased from 0.76

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How to Run DMC? It’s Tricky – FDA’s New Draft Guidance Provides Updated Recommendations on How to Best Use Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials

FDA Law

Clissold — The trio of CDER, CBER, and CDRH released a new draft guidance titled “ Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials ” that revises the 2006 guidance “Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees” and, when final, will replace the 2006 guidance.

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Is your telehealth setup up to snuff? 7 quick checkpoints for practices

Physician's Practice

Telehealth is no longer an emergency patch; it’s a front-door service channel that patients expect to work every bit as cleanly as a clinic visit. 7 quick checkpoints for practices June 26, 2025 By Keith A.

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.