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Cardiovascular risk management of patients with depression in Dutch general practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: The Academic GP Developing Network Database (AHON), containing data from the electronic patient file of more than 460,000 patients was used for analysis. For analysis a logistic regression and a time varying covariates cox model were performed.

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A Long Time Coming: DEA Regs Finally Authorize Schedule II Prescription Partial Fills

FDA Law Blog

In addition, a pharmacist could partially fill a schedule II prescription issued to patients in a Long Term Care Facility or who have a terminal medical illness diagnosis. For electronic prescriptions, the quantity dispensed, date dispensed, and the dispenser must be linked to each electronic prescription record.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. Harbisson received a specialised electronic eye, his “eyeborg” to be able to render perceived colours as sounds on the musical scale. and a specificity of 95.5%.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

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. A common phenomenon in EDs around the country, this scenario is only made worse by typical spikes in patient volumes during respiratory viral seasons.

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Disparities in Post-COVID Conditions among Persons with Disabilities: Findings from Primary Care Patients, 2019-2022 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Persons with disabilities were more likely to experience serious illness, death, and adverse consequences by the COVID-19 pandemic. Setting or Dataset: American Family Cohort, a data asset including electronic health records of 8 million patients from family practices across 50 US states. 95% CI 0.51, 0.7)

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

By diagnosis? We can’t possibly meet the needs of all people with newly diagnosed serious illness. She’s also a member of the PAIR Center, which stands for Palliative Advanced Illness Research Center. And bringing more palliative care to the living with serious illness instead of dying from serious illness population.

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. Jennifer: Yeah, so I think as all the listeners of this podcast know, and I know he did do a podcast with you guys when he was still able to verbally communicate, with Randy Curtis’ diagnosis of, I keep wanting to say AML, ALS. Transcript.

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