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New app shares physician’s rounding queue with families and nurses

Today's Hospitalist

Key takeaways: • A pediatric hospitalist helped develop software that tells families and nurses where their patient is in that day’s rounding queue. With the app, family members can have the hospitalist call them when the team arrives for rounds. • The use of the rounding app has tripled the number of nurses who attend rounds.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS, discusses early intervention in childhood obesity to reduce long‑term risk and supporting families with tailored, accessible care. Past evidence suggests StEP is highly effective for reducing childhood obesity , though the benefits are better sustained when families attend most or all StEP sessions.

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New LENS Therapy at Oasis for Everything Brain

Oasis Family Medicine

While we have had neurofeedback therapy available at Oasis Family Medicine since 2017, it is always our goal to offer the most up-to-date therapies available. The potential benefits of LENS therapy are huge, and the potential downsides are negligent, so I encourage you to explore your options with your main provider.

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Is my Software a Medical Device? Use the Digital Health Policy Navigator

FDA Law

While the methodology for determining if your product is a medical device has not changed, FDA’s Digital Health Policy Navigator (“Navigator”) provides a convenient and efficient framework for developers to assess software functions. This interactive 7-step process guides developers in assessing each discrete software function in a product.

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Episode 282: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples

The Clinical Problem Solvers

During this episode, we hear from Dr. Nav Persaud, a staff physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital in Unity Health Toronto, and Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the current President of the Canadian Medical Association.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

Kevin’s study looks at a period of time in the COVID pandemic when a large multistate nursing home provider created a “nonessential medication on hold” (NEMOH) policy in order to conserve critical nursing resources and PPE, and to limit exposure risk for residents by reducing unnecessary contact. Welcome, Liz, to the GeriPal Podcast.

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“Zoom”ing through virtual interviews

Louisville Lectures

Some people choose to have framed photos of family/pets; one interviewee even had soccer posters! Check what platform the program is going to use for the interview (examples include Zoom, Blue Jeans, Microsoft Teams, Thalamus, WebEx), and try to download the desktop app beforehand. It turns out, humans really are extremely adaptable.