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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania. Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. Study Design and Analysis Retrospective, longitudinal study using electronic health records. The RF models had an AUROC of 0.87 for CA, 0.85

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Q&A: Can Digital Inhalers Predict Exacerbations of COPD?

Physician's Weekly

Participants also recorded daily symptom scores using a smartphone app and completed monthly telehealth visits. Another interesting observation was the increase in rescue inhaler use, which we would expect during an exacerbation, but it occurred much later, around 48 hours prior to the event. Were the findings surprising?

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Distributing intake throughout the day has been shown to enhance muscle synthesis, and targeting 90 g/day provides 1.2 The second piece is getting folks to be successful at restricting their calories, which works well when nutrition education and behavioral counseling strategies are combined—and even better when provided in a group setting.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Newly published original research co-authored by My Green Doctor’s Dr. Todd Sack concludes that, “ the medical office waiting room appears to be an accepted, time-efficient, and effective site to communicate knowledge on climate change and health. ” Contact us today! of total U.S.

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As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

FDA Law

Claud — As we turn into the New Year, we offer a few items of interest in digital and telehealth regulation, enforcement, and compliance that may provide some helpful guideposts for stakeholders. Combination products are sharing the digital moment with those classified solely as medical devices. By John W.M.

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He Slimed Me: FTC Hits GoodRx Over Unauthorized Use of Consumer Data

FDA Law

Among its services are prescription drug discounts, telehealth visits, and other health services. That’s a good list of the kinds of things that most consumers really do not want their digital medical services provider to do with their sensitive personal information.

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Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

FDA Law

In a DCT, trial-related activities may occur in trial participants’ homes, at local health care providers’ offices, or in local clinical laboratories. With regard to clinical trial visits and activities, the draft guidance provides examples of the types of approaches that may be possible with a DCT.

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