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

Permanente Medicine

” “Whether you’re the call center agent, the receptionist, [or] the lab tech, you participate and you provide the input into innovation,” said Dr. Nguyen. The Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with more than 8,800 physicians providing care for over 4.8

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

Clinical treatment facility” is defined as “a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, residential treatment, or rehabilitation for substance use, pursuant to licensure or certification under State law.” S&G Labs Haw., 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law Blog

Clinical treatment facility” is defined as “a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, residential treatment, or rehabilitation for substance use, pursuant to licensure or certification under State law.” S&G Labs Haw., 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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The Incredible Shrinking Exemption: FDA Final CDS Guidance Would Significantly Narrow the Scope of Exempt Clinical Decision Support Software Under the Cures Act

FDA Law Blog

The final guidance therefore may have significant implications for a wide range of stakeholders, including not only software developers but also health care providers, hospitals, patients and payors. Interpretation of Statutory Criteria Under the Final Guidance.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So I will say that it’s challenging, because we don’t have, unlike City of Hope, we don’t have a big team like they do of geriatricians and palliative care physicians, who can screen these older adults or help with management. Overtreatment leads to hospitalizations, undertreatment leads to disease progression.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And I wonder as you think about that and as you think about pain being a vital sign, every shift in the hospital people are asking if they’re having pain, we’re going in there asking people, “Are you hurting?