Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2025

A new studyjust published in Nursing Researchhas uncovered concerning disparities in patient outcomes, specifically related to nursing care, within hospitals that predominantly serve Black communities.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

from Oslo University Hospital in Norway, and colleagues examined the efficacy and safety of FMT in primary CDI in a randomized, open-label, noninferiority trial. percent of 51 patients receiving FMT versus 61.2 percent of 49 patients receiving vancomycin (difference, 5.4 Frederik Emil Juul, M.D., percentage points; 95.2

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

But there is still much to be learned about how and why it benefits patients and health care systems. ET Location: Virtual via Zoom Where: Register to attend this free virtual one-hour event. We are dedicated to the mission of improving the health of our patients and communities. PT / 11:30 a.m. CT / 12:30 p.m.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 9, 2025

I remember being in the hospital and having stomach X-rays and I have also been told we had a family doctor who made house calls. In my day to day work I always look for the story behind each patient’s symptom and even behind their laboratory values. Medicine is a love that finds us wherever we happen to be.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The combination pill is the first and only FDA-approved triple combination medication for use as an initial therapy in patients who will likely need multiple drugs to achieve their ideal blood pressure numbers. The most common adverse event reported in patients treated with Widaplik was symptomatic low blood pressure.

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Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Great patient care starts with great clinician leadership. The expertise and thoughtfulness that our leaders bring to our patients, teams, and, most importantly, our hospital partners is not something that just happens. I am often asked about how Sound builds the next generation of clinical leaders.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

The risk of new thromboembolic events after discontinuation of anticoagulant therapy in patients with pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis associated with COVID-19 is low and similar to that of patients with venous thromboembolism secondary to hospitalization for other acute medical conditions.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

There’s a lot that goes into running a healthcare facility , from managing patient care to ensuring adequate coverage around the clock. In these complex and ever-changing environments, staffing challenges can quickly become a critical issue, impacting both patient care quality and operational efficiency.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

from MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, and colleagues retrospectively identified and evaluated 130 ankles from 122 patients with a mean follow-up of 5.9 percent) had adverse events, with medial gutter debridement (22 ankles; 16.9 Jonathan Day, M.D., Three cases of cysts occurred (2.3 At a mean of 26.7

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Biomarkers were measured in stored plasma and urine collected five months after enrollment, and a regression tree-based model was constructed using a panel of clinically relevant biomarkers to predict the time to the composite event. A total of 599 children were included; 205 (34 percent) reached the primary outcome of CKD progression.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Leonard Calabrese, DO, Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS, and Adam Kilian, MD, break down why giant cell arteritis (GCA) demands immediate action, explain how to confirm diagnosis quickly, and what same-day treatment options like upadacitinib (Rinvoq) mean for patient care. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Dr. Len Calabrese.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2023

More should be done to help victims of suspected spiking attacks process the psychological trauma of the event by testing patients who arrive at the hospital intoxicated, say the authors of a new study titled, "Drink and injection spiking: how to approach an increase in presentations?"

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

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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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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Medical Xpress

MARCH 6, 2023

The negative mental and physical effects of withholding gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) from transgender people may outweigh the risk of GAHT-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE), underscoring the need for a thorough upfront discussion by healthcare provider and patient, according to a study led by investigators from Massachusetts General (..)

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. Qualitative study of patient experiences and care observations during agitation events in the emergency department: implications for systems-based practice. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059876.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

Reynolds Blog Article Physicians Practice Physicians Practice June 2025 Volume 3 Issue 3 Physicians navigate challenging payer negotiations, sharing success stories of securing approvals for innovative, cost-effective treatments.

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 1, 2019

I can't pinpoint the moment exactly, but several years ago I began to notice that many of our ER patients were presenting for treatment wearing nice fluffy fleece bottoms. Most of these earlier bottoms for the younger patients were of superheroes and childhood figures, like kitties and ponies. So were Mom, Dad, and her older brother.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ). in the usual care group.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. For example, in specialties like cardiovascular disease and medical oncology with prevalent geriatric patient populations, concepts like frailty and falls may not be covered in assessment materials.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

To date, regulatory enforcement litigation focused on actual or imminent patient harm has taken a backseat to cybersecurity as FDA continues to update and implement its oversight framework. But a compromised device is a threat to patient safety, so that timeline that could change in the event of an adverse event that imperils consumer health.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

MARCH 14, 2018

6, 2017, from a lab affiliated with Covenant HealthCare hospital system of Saginaw. For a monthly fee, Savage sees patients on an as-needed basis — as little or as often as he and the patient decide is necessary to keep patients healthy and happy. The hospital’s total bill for 16 tests: $1,501.49. more, or a 947.54

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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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.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, FDA states that this exemption does not apply to corporate or hospital laboratories that employ licensed practitioners, and the agency says FD&C Act otherwise contains no exception or limitation for devices manufactured by laboratories. This comparison is misplaced.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. Step four is adjusting it for your patient.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Including more hospital utilization or healthcare utilization, maybe cognitive impairment issues. And there’s multiple survival analyses looking at incident dementia, and hearing loss is strong, independently associated with the time to event dementia. My own work focuses on hospitalization and health utilization over time.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

Cathy: Actually, many years ago, I did some research on delirium and then I was doing some research on nursing home residents and we were doing work looking at, I was interested in how sleep problems and nighttime events might lead to delirium, and then I just became very, very interested in sleep. And often they’re coexisting.

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FDA Law

JULY 5, 2023

Outsourcing facilities are not exempt from FDA’s cGMP for drug manufacturers (as lightly tweaked via cGMP Guidance for outsourcing facilities ) or adverse event reporting requirements , and are subject to regular inspection by FDA. The contemplated activities here would not in any event affect the “quality” of the compounded formulation.

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

156(c)(4) states that “in no event shall more than one patent be extended under subsection (e)(1) for the same regulatory review period for any product” (emphasis added). To that end, 35 U.S.C. § 156(c)(4) 8,173,663 with respect to NDA 022271 for NESINA (alogliptin) Tablets – see our previous post here ). Patent Nos. 7,214,695 and 7,214,696.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

Moral injury is a normal human response to an abnormal traumatic event—a deep soul wound shattering one’s identity and morality. Dr. Shay’s original definition was based upon his patients’ war narratives and Homer’s Iliad (762 B.C.) If we fear the truth and waver on the assessment, patients will die from our indecisiveness.

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StorytellERdoc

JULY 17, 2020

The patient arrived in cardiac arrest. His transport from his house to our department had been less than ten minutes and the pre-hospital team had done an excellent job of intubating this patient and establishing an IV to begin resuscitation efforts. A picture is worth a thousand words. His wife was with him.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Targeted ICD selection based on predicted therapy benefit enhances patient outcomes while cutting hospital costs by 16.7%. Assumptions were made regarding short-term disease progression and related hospital care in the absence of ICD implantation.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Recently, due to the stress that several of my dearest friends have been experiencing in caring for their elderly parents, I am even more appreciative and respectful of my privilege in caring for elderly patients who have attentive and loving adult children who accompany them to our ER. We sat the back up for her to be more comfortable.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Using linked administrative databases, we identified all instances of PIP-AP according to the STOPP-START criteria, which have previously been shown to predict adverse clinical events such as ED visits and hospitalizations. Residents were followed for 1 year or to date of death, whichever occurred first.

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