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Improving Quality of Life through Chronic Care Management

PharmD Live

Aging is a privilege, not a guarantee–Chronic Care Management improves quality of life. As one has the privilege to get older, chronic conditions will go up. Each situation typically involves one or more medications for each chronic health condition. By Marshall Eidenberg, DO, MBA.

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Discover and control kidney disease sooner

PharmD Live

Because of the insidious nature of chronic kidney disease, and because most people affected do not have symptoms until the condition becomes advanced, it is sometimes under-recognized by busy healthcare providers. Of these 37 million Americans, approximately 90% of them with chronic kidney disease don’t know they have it.

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Integrating Functional Medicine into the Pharmacy Patient Experience

Digital Pharmacist

This realization has led to an increasing interest in alternative approaches like functional medicine, which aims to uncover and treat the root causes of chronic health issues rather than continuing to manage symptoms. According to the CDC , six in ten adults in the US have a chronic disease and four in ten adults have two or more.

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PharmDs – Crucial to Chronic Care Management Services: A Doctor’s Perspective

PharmD Live

Chronic care services managed by a doctor of pharmacy, PharmD, is a critical addition to a medical practice, but they are not widely engaged with these responsibilities. This population generally has more comorbidities and can have numerous medications, complicating medication management and adding time-consuming investigation.

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CDC Emphasizes Opioid Guideline is Voluntary and Should Support, Not Supplant, Patient Care

The FDA Law Blog

We blogged on the 2016 guideline here in March 2016, and the proposed guideline here on March 18th). The recommendations do not apply to inpatient hospital care, in the emergency department or other observed settings. They do apply, however, to prescribing for pain management upon discharge. By Larry K. RR-3):1–95.

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Female Providers, A Unique Perspective: Part 2

InCrowd

As much as I and my fellow colleagues try to separate work and home life, being a female provider is unique in that we face the same challenges as other professional women when it comes to having children. I am unsure if in his opening he recognized that he had a partner dedicating her full time energy to caring for the family and home.

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FDA’s New Draft Guidance on 510(k) Implant Devices: What You Need to Know

The FDA Law Blog

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As we recently blogged , FDA released three draft guidance documents to help enhance the predictability, consistency, and transparency of the 510(k) program. One of these documents focuses on “ Evidentiary Expectations for 510(k) Implant Devices.”