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SGLT-2 inhibitor, cardiovascular risk and outcome in patients with comorbidity of hypertension and diabetes [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Two thirds of diabetes patients complicated with hypertension, and comorbidity increase 4-fold risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Setting or Dataset Five electronic systems of community clinic. Population Studied individuals with comorbidity of hypertension and type 2 diabetes.

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Contraceptive counseling for gender-diverse patients: A community needs assessment [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) patients face high rates of discrimination, bias, and gender dysphoria when seeking care, including when seeking contraception. Additionally, the majority wanted the decision-aid to be inclusive of both gender-diverse and non-gender-diverse individuals.

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Patient Violence Travels Cross-Setting: From EMS to ED to Inpatient

Physician's Weekly

Research shows that patient violence spans care settings, starting in the out-of-hospital setting, continuing in the ED, and persisting into inpatient units. The analysis captured 206 violent out-of-hospital encounters, 868 violent ED encounters, and 3,561 violent non-ED hospital encounters involving 2,251 unique patients.

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Exploring the educational needs and preferences of physicians in pharmacogenomics in primary care practice [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Ten percent of patients using prescription drugs experience adverse drug events (ADE). A proportion of these ADEs can be explained by a difference in enzyme activity between individuals. Intra-individual variation in genetic composition is one of the key contributing factors determining enzyme activity.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

In the event you are unsuccessful at extending your graduation date or securing an internship position, options for practicing medicine tend to become severely limited. It would also be possible to go into concierge medicine and focus on VIP patients. This would require relocating and I am not aware of how much it pays.

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eMDR System Enhancements

FDA Law

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — On March 17, 2023, enhancements to FDA’s electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR) system will go live. Manufacturers who submit reports via the FDA Electronic Submissions Gateway are being advised to update their systems by this time.

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

With increasing emphasis on patient turnover and documentation, all while navigating the complexities of billing and authorization, our jobs are stressful and time-consuming. How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued?

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