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VEText 1 Year Later—Still Growing
One year later, VEText shows an improvement in No Show rates and eases the appointment process for veterans at the VA.
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When a Public Health Alert Goes Wrong
After a mishap with the Hawaii emergency alert system in 2018, an analysis was done on the efficacy of government alerts vs social media in times...
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Military Doctors In Crosshairs of a Budget Battle
The U.S. military is devising major reductions in its medical corps, unnerving the system’s advocates who fear the cuts will hobble the armed...
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Big pharma says it can’t drop drug list prices alone
The problem, they say, is the financial structure of drug delivery that ties list prices and their associated rebates to formulary placement.
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...
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Physician PAC dollars support candidates against gun regulation
The study found that the physician organization–affiliated PACs supported more candidates with an A rating from the National Rifle Association.
PACT Case Study
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...
Original Research
Population Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
With the enormous burden of NAFLD on the rise, quality care for patients warrants resource-adaptive population health management strategies.
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Loan Repayment Plan for Substance Use Clinicians
New NRSA programs aim to attract clinicians to fill gaps in substance use care and combat the opioid epidemic. ...
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President Trump calls for end to HIV/AIDS, pediatric cancer
Health care was addressed in speech more focused on immigration, a nod to unity, honoring vets, and featuring Congressional women dressed in white...