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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources. This trip was one of several that delivered aid and helped evacuate residents devastated by the hurricane. In response, the people of Holyoke, Massachusetts, mobilized.

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Beware the bait-and-switch when it comes to HM program contracts

Sound Physicians

While we’ve earned our reputation over the decades for our clinical excellence in hospital medicine , we’ve also earned — somewhat unfairly — a reputation for being more expensive than our competitors. On the face of things this may seem true, but I’d like to show you why we’re actually the most sustainable when it comes to your bottom line.

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FDA’s Final Rule on the Implied Nutrient Content Claim “Healthy” Maintains Focus on Foods Rather than on Nutrients

FDA Law Blog

The proposed revised rule constituted a radical change from the original definition of healthy, which focused on the presence of individual (beneficial) nutrients. Instead, the exemption from the NTL criteria now applies to an individual food, or a mixed product that is comprised of one or more of the foods recommended by the DGs (i.e.,

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Let’s Listen to Patients: FDA Releases Final Guidance on Patient Engagement in the Design and Conduct of Medical Device Clinical Studies

FDA Law Blog

The Agency envisions a range of activities that may enhance the design and conduct of clinical studies through engagement with “patient advisors” – individuals who have experience living with a disease or condition, but who are not study/research participants themselves or caregivers of study/research participants.

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CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

FDA Law Blog

enable individuals to have virtual consultations with healthcare providers through video calls or online platforms), at-home diagnostics (e.g., How can the FDA facilitate individuals accessing medical technologies in remote locations when they are unable or unwilling to access care in clinical settings? By Philip Won & McKenzie E.

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The FDA PDUFA VII Goals Letter (FY 2023-2027): A Review of Our Top 10 Commitments

FDA Law Blog

When travel restrictions and public health precautions halt facilities inspections, many sponsors are left wondering how FDA will complete pre-approval inspections and meet their products’ respective PDUFA dates. requesting records in lieu of an inspection, use of information shared by trusted foreign regulatory partners).

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

They presented a rapid clinical update Webinar in May 2025 hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine. Instead, the statement supported a more individualized approach with a scheduled endoscopy if patients have no symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia or abdominal distention. Nor should they be.