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Outcomes of a virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS) for primary care patients with diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

However, its adoption has been slower in primary care settings compared to endocrinology practices, resulting in unequal access for patients with diabetes. Implementation of a virtual CGM initiation service can be valuable for enhancing CGM access to primary care patients with diabetes. Setting: Primary care practices in Colorado.

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Permanente Live webinar — Finding success in value-based care

Permanente Medicine

(June 19, 2025) — National health care leaders from Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Community Health Plans will share insights on value-based care during a free Permanente Live webinar on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. But there is still much to be learned about how and why it benefits patients and health care systems.

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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

We must understand how the current policies impact access to care and identify policy-related barriers faced by our patients and families. Empower patients by establishing partnerships with legal advocates , collecting and sharing relevant legal information, and keeping them informed and up to date. Where can we start?

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Integration with intention

Sound Physicians

A lack of clear communication among clinicians can leave patients feeling uneasy and uncertain. Tony Briningstool, chief executive officers of their respective clinical programs with Sound Physicians— hospital medicine and emergency medicine. In a Becker’s webinar sponsored by Sound, Drs. Read the full webinar recap.

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Shorter stays, better outcomes

Sound Physicians

Not all LOS is created equal The trend in recent years has been to move away from looking at overall LOS that includes more complex patients whose LOS tends to be longer and, instead, toward geometric mean LOS, an adjusted metric from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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JOIN HP&M FOR A WEBINAR: “The ‘End’ of the COVID-19 Emergency: The Ryan Haight Act, Telemedicine, and Next Steps?” on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12 Noon EST

FDA Law Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic emergency forced federal regulators to take extraordinary measures to ensure that patients were permitted continued access to important medicines. By almost all accounts, these exemptions also improved prescribing and dispensing of medication to patients that need them. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s

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FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

FDA Law Blog

The webinar largely consisted of summarizing the general requirements under Parts 803, 806 and 820.198, which we do not reproduce here ( but see another of our prior blog posts discussing these requirements and their applicable to LDTs in greater detail; you can also find FDA’s slides from the webinar here ). By Steven J.