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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual. The mean age was 81.2

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Why Concierge, Concierge Doctor, and Concierge Medicine Are Revolutionizing Healthcare (And Why You Should Care)

Plum Health

In a traditional healthcare setup, doctors are often overwhelmed with large patient rosters, leaving them with limited time for each individual. They're also called direct primary care (DPC) or personalized medical service providers. One of my patients, for example, came in for what initially seemed like a routine check-up.

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A Decade of Blogging!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

When I started this blog, I had just received my first acceptance into medical school, and after scouring the web and not being able to find anyone with a similar story as mine, I wanted to create something to not only document my journey through medicine, but help inspire and encourage others to pursue their dreams as well.

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Plastic Surgery Intern Year: Catching up on 6 months of Updates

Aspiring Minority Doctor

I'm not going to lie, after two years of working in the urgent care setting, being in the ER was super chill for me. It kept me busy, but I really enjoyed the hospital I was rotating at, and the attendings let me do a lot in the operating room. My rotation for the month was Trauma/General Surgery.

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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

DDI exposures were considered incident if the individual was not exposed to a DDI in the year preceding cohort entry. 2) Hazard ratio for an adverse event (emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death). or 7,498/63,834 individuals in the cohort were exposed to at least one high-priority DDI over 12 months in 2015-2016.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. These symptoms require immediate medical attention. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

FDA Law

CDC emphasizes that while some of the initiatives had positive results for some patients, guideline “recommendations are voluntary and intended to be flexible in support, not supplant, individualized, patient-centered care.” ER/LA opioids should be “reserved for severe, continuous pain.”. Methodology. Recommendation 4. . at 95-96. “[B]efore