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Association between patient reported social risks and HOUSES index: A rural-urban comparison [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Integration of patient reported social risk questionnaires in electronic health records allows for assessment of individual-level SES, but this data is frequently missing. A housing asset-based measure of SES (HOUSES) can provide individual-level SES without need for patient questionnaires. vs 3.4%, transportation risk 3.3%

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Barriers to and Facilitators of Participant Engagement in a Multi-level Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To explore participants’ barriers to and facilitators of engagement in a multilevel, cross-sector clinical trial designed to address social needs and improve health-related outcomes for individuals with T2D experiencing food insecurity. Transportation and scheduling challenges also hindered engagement.

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Nutrition On A Budget: Eating Healthy With Local, Seasonal Produce

Center for Family Medicine

Even when there are opportunities to purchase fresh food, transportation can be limited. The numerous barriers do not dissuade medical and dietary experts from encouraging healthy eating, including fruits, vegetables, lean meats, nuts, and seeds. Eating healthy food from a social perspective is also more difficult today than ever.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Many of us know where our meals come from, have sufficient clothing, enjoy roofs over our heads, access heating and air conditioning, use reliable transportation, and receive effective medications. Release Stress Anxiety can be pathologic, resulting from a physical or mental disorder beyond an individual’s control.

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It’s All So Simple Now: The First Traditional Marketing Authorization for a Non-PCR Based Test to Detect SARS-CoV-2

FDA Law

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — On March 8th FDA granted Quidel’s Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA and Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA Control Swab Set. The device is simple to use and does not involve sample manipulation, transportation of the sample to another functional area (e.g., By Richard A.

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Remote Patient Testing Faces a Cloudy Future under VALID

FDA Law

Laboratories also routinely supply third-party sourced collection devices from IVD manufacturers and distribute them to end users, which may include blood collection stations, physician offices, or – increasingly – individuals at home. Many of these collection devices are classified as Class I, 510(k)-exempt (e.g.,

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Out At Home: FDA’s Vocal Support of Home Testing but Reluctance to Clear Novel OTC Home Tests

FDA Law

Most recently, Jeff Shuren, CDRH Director, gave a speech at the 2023 Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) annual conference in which he identified facilitating “availability of and access to existing and novel home-use medical technologies” as a strategic priority for 2022-2023 to advance health equity.