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Dr. Davidoff: Applying fire response & recovery lessons from Maui to LA

Permanente Medicine

Many Permanente physicians and physician leaders, including Ramin Davidoff, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, could be found at shelters coordinating the response and providing care or support for people of the affected communities.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

But even in 2024, millions live outside the reach of conventional emergency services be it in Vanuatu or the Inuit communities up North in Canada. These new ‘colleagues’ will definitely make a difference in every field of medicine. But there is undoubtedly impressive progress.

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Baby Formula Shortages

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Current shortages have been largely caused by supply chain issues and the recent recall of several baby formula products over concerns about contamination. Check smaller stores and drug stores, which may not be out of supply when the bigger stores are. What if baby formula is out of stock everywhere I look?

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

This expansion would enable the state to: Secure an affordable and stable supply of both generic and brand-name drugs, Respond effectively to supply chain disruptions or politically motivated access restrictions, Protect access to medications such as mifepristone and other drugs threatened in other states.

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Is 2023 the Year for OTC Naloxone?

FDA Law Blog

sales of naloxone from a wholesale distributor to a harm reduction program) from certain requirements under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act. All 19 members of the joint Advisory Committee agreed that the benefit-risk profile of Narcan Nasal Spray (NNS) is “supportive of its use as a nonprescription opioid overdose reversal agent.”

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. How is it financed and what comes next? Alex: Good challenge.

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