Health Policy
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Addressing the Shortage of Physician Assistants in Medicine Clerkship Sites
Addressing the shortage of clerkship sites, the VA Boston Healthcare System developed a physician assistant training program in a postacute health...
Practice Puzzler
Opioid Epidemic
This clinical puzzle is based on Salani D, Crenshaw NA, Owusu B, Gonzalez JM. Pain Management in an Opioid Epidemic: What’s Appropriate, What’s...
CE/CME
Click for Credit: Roux-en-Y for diabetes; Exercise & fall prevention; more
Topics include: Inconsistent cannabis data • Roux-en-Y for diabetes remission • CPAP compliance • Exercise & fall prevention • HIV &...
Article
Use and Effectiveness of the Teach-Back Method in Patient Education and Health Outcomes
A review of the literature on the teach-back method of education suggests that the technique may be beneficial in reinforcing patient education....
Article
Sharing Cancer Care Information Across VA Health Care Systems
A telementoring program based on the Specialty Care Access Network Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes model shared information about...
News
Survey: Americans support regulation of vaping products
Despite FDA efforts under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to raise awareness of teen vaping, only 21% of those surveyed correctly responded that e-...
Conference Coverage
Large survey reveals that few MS patients have long-term care insurance
DALLAS – The findings suggest that clinical care teams should initiate early discussions of possible long-term needs with their patients.
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Possible mechanism for fluoroquinolone-induced aortopathy uncovered
Article
The Dyad Model for Interprofessional Academic Patient Aligned Care Teams
Combining interprofessional education, clinical or workplace learning, and physician resident
teachers in the ambulatory setting, the dyad...
News
Treatment missing for U.S. children with mental illness
In North Carolina, 72.2% of children with a mental health disorder did not receive care in 2016.