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Patients Preferences and Difficulties with 5 Different Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FITs) [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

FITs would save nearly as many lives as colonoscopy with far fewer complications. FIT manufacturers should develop very clear directions for patients. Contrary to expected, individuals with lower incomes and less education perceived less difficulty with collection. Multiple FITs are available in the U.S.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

While it is really difficult to manufacture a contact lens, which is one-third of a millimetre in diameter, a 3D printer sandwiches together different layers of interacting material, which makes it easier to match tiny pieces. and a specificity of 95.5%. The use of Orca Health’s EyeDecide could bring exactly this result.

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Interdisciplinary Case Report

CDOCS

Being able to communicate our patient's problems in the third dimension always breaks down barriers to case acceptance as the information gleaned via a CT scan is invaluable for both planning and educating the patient. The possible complications were communicated so that the patient could make an informed decision and proceed with treatment.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

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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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

Although, certainly when you start facing complications of serious illness, it is increasingly important to engage as individuals and conversations about goals, values, and preferences. I know not all systems are set up to allow for that or facilitate that retrieval, which makes things a little bit more complicated when push comes to shove.

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