Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Health care facilities should no longer routinely screen symptom-free patients for COVID-19 upon admission or before procedures and rely instead on enhanced layers of infection prevention interventions, according to a recommendation from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. (..)

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Setting: Criteria Time Frame: 2013-01-01 to 2023-12-31.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

In addition, despite practice guidelines recommending post-anthracycline echocar­diograms in adults receiving more than 250 mg/m2 of doxorubicin, only a minority of providers report obtain­ing routine screening echocardiograms after comple­tion of anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen with a cumulative dose of 300 mg/m2,” they added.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Depression is a costly and debilitating condition that profoundly influences a person's quality of life. In 2020, more than 21 million adults in the U.S. reported having at least one major depressive episode in the previous year. Depression symptoms increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now affect nearly 1 in 3 American adults.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. Encourage Healthy Eating Through Vouchers: Many clinics and systems have voucher programs in place to help supplement food for patients.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Inbar Plaut PEM Fellow at UMASS Chan Medical School | UMASS Memorial Children’s Medical Center IG handle(s): @inbar.y, @umasspem Co-author: Zachary Binder The Case A 2-month-old male presents with 2-days of reluctance to move the right lower extremity. It most often affects the mandible and long bones.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? Should it? And so you can’t code a whole person.

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