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For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media.
The discussion was moderated by William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity. Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care.
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...
Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said.
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are:
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Becker's Hospital Review: How Coram CVS Specialty harnessed an analytics automation platform to hit 4 key objectives
How Coram CVS Specialty harnessed an analytics automation platform to hit 4 key objectives
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In a move to help increase hospital bed capacity, CVS Health will provide in-home nursing to support the transition to eligible IV-therapy patients out of the hospital, officials announced Friday.
CVS Health’s Coram is discontinuing its infusion service offerings for antibiotics, inotropic medications, total parenteral nutrition and other acute home infusion therapies and plans to close or sell ...
Business Wire: KabaFusion Acquires Infusion Care/Pharmacy Assets from Coram® to Expand its Nationwide Footprint of Patient-Focused Services
KabaFusion Acquires Infusion Care/Pharmacy Assets from Coram® to Expand its Nationwide Footprint of Patient-Focused Services
CVS Caremark has entered an agreement to acquire the specialty infusion services of Coram from Lake Forest, Calif.-based Apria Healthcare Group for roughly $2.1 billion. Coram is one of the country’s ...
inforum: CVS to buy drug infusion services provider Coram for $2.1 billion
CVS Caremark Corp will buy drug infusion services provider Coram LLC for $2.1 billion, allowing the company to bolster its pharmacy benefits management business by offering cost-effective delivery of ...