Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. We have seen explosive growth and become a cornerstone of modern health care systems.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

There is also the option of electronic health record (EHR) training and support work where you would travel to various hospitals/clinics around the country and train individuals on how to use EMR systems. While having these things can make life a bit easier and provide you with more practice options, they are not an absolute necessity.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Instead, we focus here on the few notable statements that provide new or more detailed guidance than FDA has previously offered. To request an FEI Number, laboratories will need to provide a long list of identifying information to FDA via email ( feiportal@fda.hhs.gov ) ( see slide 23 of the FDA’s presentation for the complete list).

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lenz, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA introduced electronic copies (eCopies) of 510(k)s in 2013 (see our prior blogs here and here ) as a way to reduce the need for submission of paper copies of 510(k)s to the Agency. This pilot program, which utilized FDA’s eSubmitter electronic submission template, ended in May 2021.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

ED providers and radiologists commonly face the scenario of interpreting a CXR in a child with respiratory complaints prompting the questions: Does that infiltrate represent bacterial pneumonia, inflammation, or simply atelectasis? Drivers of CXR overuse are myriad and can be thought of at the system, provider, and patient levels.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, with this chapter, I hope to briefly touch on the basics of market investing and describe why simple diversification and index fund investing are the most effective ways for busy clinical physicians and healthcare providers to invest with the expectation of long-term gains. Don’t try to beat the market; be the market.

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

It’s the physics of physician bandwidth: You can’t add something without taking something away. Inconsistency in care delivery So as every provider shapes her practice around MyChart, each will do it in a slightly different way. But this may not be consistently applied by other providers in the same group. How do we fix this?

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

CDRH recently announced its acceptance and hosting of in-person meetings, including hybrid options that allow for both physical and virtual participation. Once your request for an in-person or hybrid meeting is agreed upon, you are expected to provide a list of in-person and virtual attendees. Be ready with backup options (e.g.,

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

In July 2022, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Conducting Remote Regulatory Assessments , which explains that FDA adapted its field operations to continue to provide regulatory oversight of manufacturing facilities during COVID-19, through the use of remote regulatory assessments (RRAs).

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. There has to be effective support provided behind any type of screening strategy in order for it to truly be effective. Joe, your thoughts?

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2022

The Guidance provides detail on a recalling firm’s responsibilities, preparations, and communications and how the Agency can assist a firm with carrying out its recall responsibilities. The Guidance provides practical guidelines for both firms and direct accounts. Product coding (e.g.,

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 20, 2021

We are providing a post in three parts on cyclic and on-site inspections in which we focus on the background of inspections, how investigators conduct them, and how registrants should proactively prepare for and manage them. The investigators select the drugs they will audit.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 20, 2021

We are providing a post in three parts on cyclic and on-site inspections in which we focus on the background of inspections, how investigators conduct them, and how registrants should proactively prepare for and manage them. The investigators select the drugs they will audit.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Understanding how to prepare for this important appointment ensures you receive maximum benefit from your healthcare provider’s expertise. Your provider updates this information at each visit to maintain an accurate picture of your health journey. Consider wearing a short-sleeved shirt if blood work will be performed.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

This achievement is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers in life science, physics, and computer science. The content is provided for information purposes only. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

A 2024 study published in the journal Nature Medicine found that military veterans with brain injuries saw major mental and physical improvements after just one ibogaine session. The content is provided for information purposes only. Some studies suggest it may help people stop using opioids or other drugs, even after just one session.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 20, 2021

difficulty of sending patient messages through the electronic medical record in languages other than English), limited healthcare literacy, and English-only signage on healthcare campuses are just a few of the structurally racist barriers faced by many Asian folks seeking healthcare. Insufficient language services (i.e.,

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 7, 2024

To be sure, Table 2 provides a handy visual of the categories of LDTs, the timeline for phaseout, and the scope of enforcement discretion for each test category. However, the guidance provides no new information on how FDA expects laboratories to implement these new requirements.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

’ 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. This way, you are always on track to meet your savings goals while limiting the physical and mental effort needed to get there. Set it and forget it!

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Integration of Person-Centered Narratives Into the Electronic Health Record: Study Protocol. Connection — The Integration of a Person-Centered Narrative Intervention into the Electronic Health Record : An implementation study. Bennett, C.R., What Mattered Then, Now, and Always: Illness Narratives From Persons of Color.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?” And the primary care provider had assumed he was no longer driving, I think.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

And which of those experiences would you like to share with us that we could then write into a story that we’ll share with providers? It started here at Madison at one and it’s also spread outside the VA now to hospitals in Boston, Providence and now starting up actually in California and UCLA and UCSF. And then came back.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming. Gender expression is your physical outward manifestation of how you express your gender identity. It was personal to me, but also right. Caregivers too.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

And as a resident, I just was drawn, similar to many oncology clinicians and fellows, to just be traumatic and difficult experience of patients with blood cancers during prolonged and intense hospitalizations, where they experience a lot of physical symptoms, emotional trauma related to the diagnoses. Areej: That’s exactly right.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? Drugs has to do with polypharmacy. I like it, John.

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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.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Audio: [electronic voice] Alex Smith has been taken over by an artificial intelligence. I actually like reading books and the physical,” and what the internet 2.0 I think the AI can allow for that complexity but still provide some guidance. This is Eric Widera. And people were like, “You know what?

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She aims to become a physician-scientist in pediatrics and medical genetics, engaging in bench-to-bedside research that utilizes multi-omics-based approaches to provide a molecular diagnosis and support personalized care for individuals with suspected rare genetic diseases and their families. So get the ABCs, start D10.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. Eric: Nudge it. Kate: Nudge it.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Kate: You just embed it into routine care and workflows, and you really aim for a broader population,, outcomes that are routinely collected care that can be provided in the course of routine care, and not trying to manipulate and control all of the factors. Or there’s physical symptom needs. Alex: Yeah. Eric: So a nudge.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

To provide context, we are joined by Karen Steinhauser, a social scientist at Duke who has been studying spirituality for years (and published one of the most cited papers in palliative care on factors considered important at the end of life , as well as one of my favorite qualitative papers to give to research trainees ). Alex: Yeah.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

and its abuse may lead to only moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. The Attorney General also released DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) opinions providing the rationale and support for the NPRM. 21 U.S.C. § Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana, 89 Fed. 21 U.S.C. §

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And it’s not the same, but it does provide information. And it bothers me how the nurses are there, the physical therapists are there, some of the social workers are there. Bill 32:45 In our desire for efficiency and quality, we have abrogated continuity to epic. Eric 33:05 Well, let me ask you this. They’re too busy.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So at our cancer center, we have physicians, advanced practice providers. Jennifer 20:48 We don’t, you know, our palliative care team here in the outpatient setting is only physicians and advanced practice providers. So, for example, the intervention visits had to be delivered by a physician or advanced practice provider.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

This question, while providing an opportunity to talk about direct and indirect experiences, can be asked of all patients, and opens the door to conversations about anti-semitism, islamophobia, or anti-Black racism. I had fun trying to make a danceable version with electronic drums for the audio-only podcast. Alex 15:37 Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so a lot of it was the facilitators calling out with the approval of the provider to the patients ahead of time to see, like, you have a visit coming up. So we have to collect what information we have available from Health Information exchange and electronic health records. What’s in the electronic health record?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And I also think, we still operate under pay for… We get paid for the services we provide, right? I actually just said, “I’m going to be sick,” and I didn’t go into work. Eric: Yeah.

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