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Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids

Briggs Healthcare

The February 10, 2022 Federal Register includes the announcement of the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the proposed clinical practice guideline, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids—United States, 2022. You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC–2022–0024.

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Preventing Misuse of COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Exemptions

Bill Of Health

Already, we have seen during the pandemic willingness among some licensed health care providers not only to spread questionable COVID-related information , but also to fulfill requests to circumvent COVID-related prevention measures. The post Preventing Misuse of COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Exemptions appeared first on Bill of Health.

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CDC Releases UPDATED Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Briggs Healthcare

Thursday, November 3, 2022, the CDC posted this Press Release to announce the updated CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain : Pain affects the lives of millions of Americans every day and improving pain care and the lives of patients with pain is a public health imperative.

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Podimetrics Secures $45M for SmartMat to Prevent Diabetic Amputations in High-Risk Patients

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Podimetrics raises $45M to help at-risk providers and health plans prevent diabetic amputations in high-risk patients. In a previous multi-center trial , diabetic foot complications were shown to be detected up to five weeks before they presented clinically. One Step Closer to Healthier Feet.

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IT execs talk priorities and predictions for 2022

Healthcare It News

Technologies that "protect the nurses and facilitate their clinical practice will go a long way to build trust and help retain and recruit these essential workers that we all need now and in the future."

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ScionHealth to launch RPM for chronic care at 79 hospitals

Healthcare It News

After the pandemic began, physicians started to see patients with chronic conditions deteriorate, and many did not have access to remote patient monitoring tools to help prevent it. Inclusive use of biomarkers in clinical practice requires some strategy, the National Institutes of Health warned in April. THE LARGER TREND.

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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

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"Like so many specialties, GI is facing a huge backlog of preventive care and deferred screenings as well as treating patients to achieve and maintain remission," he continued. "Our eight advanced practice providers are seeing patients all day; our 42 gastroenterologists are caring for patients all day and after hours.