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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

The 80-year-old Ray Flynn lost his central vision entirely, but with the help of the retinal implant, he could make out shapes on the computer screen. Researchers say that the implant cannot provide any highly detailed vision – but it can help patients detect distinct patterns such as door frames and shapes.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Misplaced Training Dollars: Lack of funding for community-based training impacting the primary care physician pipeline Hospital-based graduate medical education (GME) receives significantly more funding than community-based programs, a disparity linked to fewer new primary care physicians entering the workforce. In 2022, only 24.4%

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

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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How Your Emotional Health Impacts Blood Pressure

Imperial Center Family Medicine

It’s similar to revving a car engine for too long while staying still. No matter if it’s through medication, therapy, lifestyle changes, or often a combination, managing depression can translate to measurable heart health gains. However, chronic stress keeps your body in a continuous state of high alert.

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HP&M Files Comments Opposing FDA’s Proposed LDT Rule

FDA Law

FDA tries to justify the proposed rule by claiming that LDTs present significant risks, and that the solution is to regulate them all as medical devices. Tests such as genetic testing of prospective parents, prenatal screening, cancer prognosis, and testing for rare diseases play a critical role in the health care system.

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law

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’s New Draft Guidance on 510(k) Implant Devices: What You Need to Know

FDA Law

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As we recently blogged , FDA released three draft guidance documents to help enhance the predictability, consistency, and transparency of the 510(k) program. One of these documents focuses on “ Evidentiary Expectations for 510(k) Implant Devices.”