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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

No rocket science here, just additional steps towards patient empowerment, and better partnerships between healthcare professionals and patients. This shift has been brought about by the rise of Digital Therapeutics (DTx), healing that can be administered right through our smartphones. But this isn’t just a novel concept.

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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

What makes your hospital medicine practice stand out from others in the healthcare industry? Our team’s bond with each other supports a type of flexibility not seen in most other healthcare programs. I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. What would it take to transform dementia care? Alex: We have a full house today. We’re delighted to welcome Judy Long, who’s a palliative care chaplain at UCSF and a caregiver. Judy, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Judy: Thank you. It’s great to be here. Alex: Great. So take it away. When was that, 2010?

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Self-care and telemedicine for patients The options of teledermatology services, as well as self-care platforms, are soaring. (*There are widely varying figures, ranging from 66% to 90% depending on the source of information.) In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now.

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

This includes telemedicine-administered psychotherapy to address depression symptoms and cognitive behavioral therapy to potentially decrease trauma symptoms. Researchers identified a significant gap in intervention research specifically tailored to support Black women with HIV. Of the 669 participants, the mean age from studies was 45.4

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. But watch out!

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. You got it.

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