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Pharmacist Offers Tips on How ASCs Can Prevent Drug Diversion
Amid a nationwide opioid epidemic, ASCs are not immune to problems related to misuse of controlled substances. Drug diversion should be a chief concern.
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CMS Makes Regulatory Changes; ASCs Might Benefit From Trend
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed several surgery payment changes in recent months, suggesting that Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is following through on his stated goals of rolling back regulatory burdens for doctors.
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FDA Chief: ‘We Are Entering a New Frontier in Medical Innovation’
Agency greenlights groundbreaking gene therapy tool to help fight the war against cancer.
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Is This 4:1 Flutter?
The rhythm in the figure was diagnosed as atrial flutter with 4:1 AV conduction. Do you agree? How would you confirm your answer?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: treating hypothyroidism in seniors; revisiting penicillin allergies; and new diverticulitis guidance.
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Sofosbuvir, Velpatasvir, and Voxilaprevir Tablets (Vosevi)
Vosevi is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis C infection without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis who are infected with genotype 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, and have been treated previously with a hepatitis C regimen containing an NS5A inhibitor.
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Chondroitin Is as Effective as Celecoxib for Knee Arthritis
Six months of 800 mg of pharmaceutical-grade chondroitin sulfate daily relieved knee pain as much as 400 mg of celecoxib.
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Eat Right, and Live
An improvement in diet over 12 years in middle-aged nurses and other health professionals resulted in a decreased risk of death.
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Glucose Self-monitoring Not Helpful for Non-insulin-treated Type 2 Diabetes
In this pragmatic randomized trial, self-monitoring blood glucose did not lead to lower hemoglobin A1c levels or improvement in health-related quality-of-life measures.
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What’s Old Is New Again: The History of Case Management
This month, we will review case management’s long and rich history from a community-based model to an acute care model and beyond.