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Evaluation of Primary Care Provider Utilization by Asthma Patients after the Implementation of Coach McLungsSM [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Patients with the worst outcomes often lack continuity of primary care and receive care at emergency departments during exacerbations. Improved asthma outcomes are associated with effective communication between patients and providers, such as using shared decision-making. to 0.08, p=0.44), 5% to 2% ([95%]CI -0.03 to 0.24, p=0.28).

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Molecular Analysis Improves FH Prognosis & Risk Stratification

Physician's Weekly

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that about 1 in 10 American adults have hypercholesterolemia , also known as high cholesterol. Study Methods The researchers selected 469 patients for inclusion in this study. They evaluated the patients using the Dutch Lipid Clinics Network (DLCN) criteria.

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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 In 2015, surgeons in Manchester, UK have performed the first bionic eye implant for an AMD patient using Second Sight’s innovation. percent, touch 1.5 percent and taste 1 percent. Don’t you think that’s possible? Renowned scholars, L.D.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

4 In a recent presentation, Dale Muzzey, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Myriad, summarized the findings this way: “We followed up with providers regarding their patients who screened positive for 22q. 5 Clear Benefits for Healthcare Providers and Patients The benefits to a high PPV are, well, myriad. Prenatal Diagnosis.

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California’s Much-Touted IVF Law May Be Delayed Until 2026, Leaving Many in the Lurch

Physician's Weekly

Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date to January 2026, leaving patients, insurers, and employers in limbo. The law, SB 729 , requires state-regulated health plans offered by large employers to cover infertility diagnosis and treatment, including IVF. They did not respond to requests for comment.

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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

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000845 The appetite for and ability to collect accurate digital patient-level data in low-resource settings has fueled numerous massive global health initiatives. The answer to that question can often be found in an assessment of where those big numbers originate.