Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

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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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I am using our weekly blog posts to create a future book that hopefully will apply to medical trainees and early career physicians looking to build generational wealth, get out of debt, and take control of their financial lives. ’ Having a high income and being wealthy are not synonymous. What is Lifestyle Creep?

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chemical characterization identifies and quantifies chemicals that may be released from the medical device, while a toxicological risk analysis (TRA) evaluates the risks to the patient associated with the chemicals identified. Data from chemical characterization studies must be evaluated in a separate TRA following ISO 10993-17 guidelines.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

MARCH 26, 2021

Plus, my previous experience applying to medical school taught me it only takes one interview to make it in (shout out to PCOM Georgia for being my sole medical school acceptance all those years ago!). It is with great happiness and exhilaration that I announce I finally matched! A couple days later, while still in St.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If you scour the internet, you will likely find an inordinate amount of websites and content creators claiming they have the solution to help you beat the market, guaranteed. These claims are, of course, bogus. No one can consistently beat the market; for the incredibly rare few who do, it is either luck or fraud. Though being 100% invested in U.S.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As many learn throughout their medical training, we are often relocated every few years. Four years in medical school. Far too many people, medical trainees and physicians alike, succumb to the false narrative that you need to own a home to build wealth, and that is not true. This is no easy feat.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Special thanks to Todd Florin, MD, MSCE who contributed to this post – he is also an expert on respiratory and infectious emergencies. Concerned parents, fueled by a mountain of medical information online, often arrive expecting tests rather than provider expertise to determine the presence or absence of pneumonia.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Reynolds Blog Article Innovative medical practices thrive by embracing change, prioritizing patient care and learning from setbacks to enhance success and satisfaction. For example, practices have adopted electronic medical records (EMR) systems only to find that productivity in the practice ground to a halt.

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FDA Law

JULY 10, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — It takes a significant amount of time, cost, and effort to prepare a premarket notification 510(k) submission. In this blog post, we will first briefly outline the procedural steps in the 510(k) review process for medical devices. By Philip Won & Adrienne R.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Holly N. requires generally that manufacturing of a combination product (CP) must comply with the applicable current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations (cGMPs) for all of its components ( i.e., a drug/device CP must follow the cGMPs for drugs as well as those for medical devices).

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FDA Law

MAY 4, 2023

In a CDER Conversation regarding DCTs and DHTs , Leonard Sacks, Associate Director for Clinical Methodology in CDER’s Office of Medical Policy, noted that there is a risk that technical hurdles could skew a trial population to a “younger and more tech savvy” population compared to the actual patient population.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — Since 2005, 510(k) submissions have been formatted according to FDA guidance Format for Traditional and Abbreviated 510(k)s. By Adrienne R. The guidance describes twenty sections to be included in a Traditional or Abbreviated 510(k). Learnings on how eSTAR works Starting Too Early.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

The goal is to support clinical trials and bring in another $50 million in private investment to help ibogaine win approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The process could take years. Ibogaine is made from the root of a plant found in Africa. It has been banned in the U.S. Former Texas Gov.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. When we cross time zones and experience jet lag, it happens because our internal clock remains set to the old time zone.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A study by Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors may potentially be the third leading cause of death nationwide. ’ Though it often does not come with the attending salary, medical trainees are getting paid to perform a service, and hospitals provide retirement plans to these individuals. So yes, humans make mistakes.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? We talk about: What is a practical geriatric assessment and how can busy oncologists actually do one? Thank you.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Lynn: Okay.

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Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition to a special day called Valentines, I would like to bring awareness to why we should keep our hearts healthy. There are medications that could be prescribed to help with your nicotine cravings. Refill Your Prescriptions: Follow up with your physician on necessary medications. There is no easy way to broach this.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. So I really opted to specialize in lung cancer because I thought that was the appropriate population to build a supportive and palliative care research agenda. Jennifer: Thanks.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC. They got feedback. So did it matter? Why do so many (most, all??)

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: So it was an embedded alert in the electronic health record and they just clicked those two answers very quickly. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: Alex, who do we have with us today? Were you at the GeriPal pub crawl? laughter] Eric: 2:30 AM.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

We talk with Kate about how despite how far we’ve come in palliative care research, we still don’t have answers to some fundamental questions, such as: Who should get specialized palliative care? Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? By diagnosis? By prognosis? What’s the role of implementation science?

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. Brad’s not a pediatric medical geneticist. So my special guest host on this episode is a trainee in pediatrics and medical genetics. And you’re thinking, hey!

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. The theme is death. Lexy: JPSM.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Bill 00:53 Thank you, Alex. Eric 00:54 So we have a really interesting and potentially challenging podcast today. But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex.

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FDA Law

JUNE 10, 2025

DEA publishes the Special Surveillance List to inform about potential illicit uses of a laboratory supply and reminds that civil penalties may be imposed on businesses that distribute a laboratory supply with reckless disregard for the illegal uses to which it will be put. DEA published the original Special Surveillance in May 1999.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. Jessica, welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

It’s really special to be here and to be talking about this paper, which was really important to Randy. Today we discuss a new paper in JAMA that tests a stripped down version of the clinician only facing intervention in a pragmatic randomized trial for older adults with serious illness and those 80+. Is 4% meaningful? Anything else?

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. Jennifer, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Jennifer 00:28 It’s great to be here.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Joe Rotella, who’s the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. So now that the emergency response has ended, what’s to be done? Joe, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Joe: Great to be here. Before we do, I think, Joe, you have a song request for Alex. Joe: I do.

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