The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

our own illness scripts) as we reason to a working diagnosis or a final diagnosis. lab tests, imaging, and/or pathology). Including key features with high likelihood ratios will help you decide whether to treat, test for, or toss a diagnosis. Why: The disease mechanism.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself asking that question after listening to a discussant on the podcast arrive at some unexpected diagnosis, only to have the biopsy or lab test prove them right.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? There is abundant evidence showing that routine lab tests in such patients have a very low yield and are not indicated, in adults as well as in children. Decades ago, psychiatric complaints in the pediatric ED were infrequent.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Note that while EKRA was passed as part of a bill to combat the opioid crisis, its definition of “laboratory” applies to lab activities far beyond those involving opioid or other drug testing. These lab tests are performed for physicians, substance abuse treatment centers and other types of organizations.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Note that while EKRA was passed as part of a bill to combat the opioid crisis, its definition of “laboratory” applies to lab activities far beyond those involving opioid or other drug testing. These lab tests are performed for physicians, substance abuse treatment centers and other types of organizations.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

Yet moral injury is not an official diagnosis. Enter the real diagnosis—human rights violations—with clear evidence-based solutions. Solving our crisis requires a definitive diagnosis and treatment plan. Should we choose a diagnosis based on what’s socially acceptable? Now is the time for brutal truth—and action.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

They’re due for cervical cancer screening, that they get that if they are due for a lab test, they get that. When my call center agent speaks to the patient on the phone, they make sure that if they’re due for mammogram, that they get the mammogram. Now you noticed I said everyone but the doctor.

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