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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

9 The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers more information here 11. million electronic health records in the USA showed a lower risk for suicidal thoughts in those taking semaglutide than in those taking other weight loss medications. mg is not recommended. Pancreatitis The EMA considers pancreatitis uncommon (0.2%

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Compared to that, our hearing only processes 11 percent of information, while smell 3.5 Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. percent, touch 1.5 percent and taste 1 percent. Don’t you think that’s possible?

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Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

Donors, government ministries, agencies and academic partners regularly cascade requests for data that multiply and complicate the simple interaction into a complex, and often redundant, set of data requirements for the same singular interaction. Mobile phone penetration has finally exceeded 90% in low- and middle-income countries.

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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

Medicine is facing a crisis of information. Beyond the increase of biomedical information are rising demands for physician response to portal messaging (MyChart messages) and review of wearable generated data. And in my experience the exchange of information from the Cures Act Final Rule has added new dialog around test results.

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law Blog

After a firm submits a 510(k) to FDA, FDA will request still more information after a first-pass review. According to the 2 nd Quarter FY2023 MDUFA V Performance Report , FDA issued a request for additional information (AI request) on the first FDA review cycle for 63% to 68% of 510(k)s submitted in FY2018 to FY2022.

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Transition Plans for Covid-19 Products are Amongst CDRH FY2023 Priorities

FDA Law Blog

electronic thermometers, single lumen needles, piston syringes). They are also open to information to include in these guidance documents. As we emphasized in our previous blog post , the termination of COVID-19 PHE could complicate the business plan for some medical product companies.

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly side of 510(k)s—HP&M’s Early Experience with the eSTAR Template for 510(k)s

FDA Law Blog

We have made improvements to the content of each of these sections over the years and have included additional information to address other guidance documents and the refuse to accept (RTA) checklist, but the general structure has been constant. In other sections of the template, attachments will be needed to include this type of information.