The Clinical Problem Solvers

JULY 28, 2020

The Gender Gap in Diagnostic Reasoning: The Launch of Women in Diagnosis (WDx) Smitha Ganeshan, MD MBA Acknowledgements: Sharmin Shekarchian, MD, Emma Levine, MD, and Lindsey Shipley, MD, Daniel Minter, MD Medicine has a gender problem.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Black and Latinx women have higher incidence of cervical cancer diagnosis and lower rates of cervical cancer screening than non-Latinx White women. Findings from qualitative interviews indicate strong support for self-collected HPV testing among community members.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A new study from investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh, finds that COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites—clinical centers launched based on a federal initiative to provide free testing, diagnosis, and immediate access to COVID-19 (..)

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AMMD

APRIL 4, 2025

Once you have a diagnosis, you may be wondering how you got SIBO in the first place. They also don’t provide the prebiotics your gut needs to thrive. Biofilms are similar to a small community. My SIBO Support Protocol provides a strategic combination of supplements and resources designed to rebalance the gut naturally.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

For the first time, the rate of autism diagnosis is higher among Black and Hispanic/Latine populations and for those from a lower socioeconomic background, although they continue to face diagnostic disparities compared with White populations. Those from marginalized backgrounds often face difficulty accessing these services.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Participants provided urine samples on the day of scanning to detect recent use. No other tasks were associated with lifetime heavy use, recent use, or dependence diagnosis. We need to better understand the guardrails around safe cannabis use and educate the healthcare community and patients. It’s more complicated than that.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. Would I’ve been able to reason my way to his underlying diagnosis from the initial data? I’m a huge fan of the diagnostic reasoning process.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Online forums for people with dementia provide a much-needed sense of community and hope and fill an important gap in the support they receive after diagnosis, a new study has found.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

A 2019 AFP editorial provided more guidance for estimating and having conversations about life expectancy with older patients. ** This post first appeared on the AFP Community Blog.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

In this episode we dive into the resurgence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae an atypical bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia thats making waves in pediatric emergency medicine. Laboratory diagnosis and treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children: a review. And generally, we should make this diagnosis clinically.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

APRIL 22, 2024

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, educator, or simply curious about autism, this post aims to provide a comprehensive overview of what autism is and what it means for individuals and their families. Welcome to our journey to demystify autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. There has to be effective support provided behind any type of screening strategy in order for it to truly be effective. Joe, your thoughts?

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

” “Whether you’re the call center agent, the receptionist, [or] the lab tech, you participate and you provide the input into innovation,” said Dr. Nguyen. The Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with more than 8,800 physicians providing care for over 4.8

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

And I always say that I do not envy my emergency medicine colleagues, particularly those practicing in community settings. And so we routinely do outreach with our community providers. There’s an education series, a lecture series, and I had the opportunity to give a talk on this very topic to those providers.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The draft guidance states that this addition is consistent with FDA’s obligations under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act , which required FDA to update existing guidance documents to address how the Agency may apply breakthrough criteria to such products.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

But we all know intuitively as clinicians and as people in the community, we see people have these events and then we see them have a much faster decline after that. In the community? But also one of the reasons we want to focus on the community was that actually most people with dementia live in the community.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place. And that’s why we need this community support, I think. Transcript.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Research suggests most CXRs are performed because ED clinicians (and many parents) are concerned for the possibility of missing pneumonia or another diagnosis requiring specific management. Drivers of CXR overuse are myriad and can be thought of at the system, provider, and patient levels.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation.

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CDOCS

APRIL 7, 2021

As an endodontic specialist, patients have higher expectations when visiting my practice, so I feel the need to go above and beyond to provide quality treatment. This will continue to build our reputation as local experts to assist our referring dentist in a team approach in providing the highest quality of care to our community.</span></p>

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities. And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. So NIA and further funded this coordinating center that we call Clin-STAR.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To provide a comprehensive overview of primary care use among community-dwelling persons with dementia in Quebec from 2018 to 2020. Population Studied Community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older with a prevalent diagnosis of dementia on March 1st of 2018, 2019, and 2020. 60.8%, 60.2%, and 58.8%

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The rule would permit a practitioner using a telemedicine encounter to prescribe controlled substances without an in-person visit under various situations involving both an audio-visual telehealth evaluation, or an in-person evaluation performed by a “referring” provider. Proposed practitioner recordkeeping obligations.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants were recruited via electronic healthcare records, community tabling events, and social media efforts. Our Community Advisory Board (CAB) guided this work. Cancer Screening: Challenges with making appointments and getting PAP Smears due to time, employment, transportation, and lack of established primary care provider.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. S&G Labs is primarily compensated by patient’s insurance providers. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 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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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This may result in errors in the diagnosis of the patient whom the doctor was examining initially. Even though many medical colleges provide outpatient consultations to only referral cases, people come to the emergency department for minor ailments. This will add to the burden of an already stretched system.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. S&G Labs is primarily compensated by patient’s insurance providers. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

So a lot of these patients that I care for are at risk for mortality or poor prognosis in general, and wanting to know how do we still provide them with quality care without giving them too many pricks, too many titrations when it comes to insulin. I’m not a fan anymore of blinded, now that they’re so readily available. .”

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eric 00:27 So we’re going to be talking about making the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in a primary care setting, not specialty care, but maybe we could talk a little bit about that. How much should it change how we think about making a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in primary care? Great to be back. Absolutely.

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Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

At Edge Family Medicine , we provide comprehensive in-person care , ensuring accurate diagnosis and effective treatment for conditions requiring a physical assessment. The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Healthcare Many patients find that combining telemedicine with in-person visits provides the best balance.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming. And I often use transgender because that’s the language that is more affirming broadly for the community. It was personal to me, but also right. Johnson, actually.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies. It is also imperative that clinicians provide culturally sensitive care, recognizing that Black women may have elevated levels of caregiving stress, elevated internalized stigma, and high rates of trauma.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

But then once it was open, started seeing a lot of other populations: not just our own hospital population, but a lot more just community members calling with concerns about driving. So that’s a piece that I think is important for providers anywhere along that process to be asking about driving. “Do you guys do this?”

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Myriad Genetics

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Kathy Baker’s journey as a two-time cancer survivor exemplifies the transformative power of genetic testing, particularly for families with a known BRCA1 mutation, and amplifies the importance of genetic testing even after a cancer diagnosis. Knowledge is powerful,” Kathy says.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

But in reality, given workforce shortages and just the challenges and the resources necessary to be able to provide early integrated palliative care from the time of diagnosis of advanced cancer, the model simply is not implementable, at least not in our current state with our available infrastructure and resources. Eric 10:25 Great.

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