2021 Diagnostics Follow-Up 
Sensible Medicine
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
This week will be a straight up critical appraisal (with a bit of a critique of Wall Street Journalism Churnalism thrown in). This was the validation article in a series of diagnostic test articles. This study was a case-control, diagnostic test study. We then work up every positive test.
Health Populi
JULY 22, 2021
Evidence supporting the use of digital health tools if growing, tracked in Digital Health Trends 2021: Innovation, Evidence, Regulation, and Adoption from IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. In the Age of COVID, over 90,000 new health apps were released, as the supply of digital therapeutics and wearables grew in 2020.
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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Ordering diagnostic tests is a standard procedure for physicians; yet if the test results aren’t reviewed and acted upon, what was the point of ordering the test? Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees.
Sensible Medicine
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The diagnostic process and development of an effective management plan, done well, are elegant, thoughtful, and parsimonious. Physician burnout rates hit 63% in 2021. Even on the days I am able to limit work to, let’s say, a nine-hour day, and nobody calls after hours, the worry about patients can follow me.
Health Populi
MAY 21, 2020
Patients’ concerns of COVID-19 risks have led them to self-ration care in the following ways: 41% have delayed health care services. Thus, 38% of people would delay an elective procedure and 27% would delay a diagnostic test in a hospital setting for at least six months.
Sensible Medicine
JULY 11, 2023
Different guideline producing groups, working off this same data, could come up with very different recommendations. Diagnostic labs and procedures are associated with risk or physical harm, cost money, and may be of limited benefit. 2021 Jul 20;326(3):279]. The next step is to agree on costs. N Engl J Med. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.4417
19 Labs
APRIL 21, 2021
With Viasat 3 and global coverage coming up, every rural community around the world can get healthcare through GALE. April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. Currently, 19labs is assisting healthcare and education groups prepare applications under the recently expanded 2021 FCC telemedicine grant program. CARLSBAD Calif.,
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