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Health care experts are supportive of OurNotes

Health Care Experts in Favor of Patient Contribution to Notes

With some cautions, experts are supportive of the OurNotes medical notes intervention
The first drug in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Drug With Digital Ingestion Tracking System

Aripiprazole tablets have embedded sensors so patients, physicians can track medication ingestion
About one in five U.S. adults currently uses any tobacco product

About 20 Percent of U.S. Adults Currently Use Tobacco Products

Overall, 15.1 percent use cigarettes, with higher use among males, older adults, those with lower incomes
Concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid β42-amyloid 42 derived from new immunoassays may show improved agreement with visual flutemetamol F18-labeled positron emission tomography assessment

Benefits for New Immunoassays for Measuring Aβ42 in CSF

May show improved correlation with mass spectrometry reference measurement procedure
For patients with depression and anxiety

Online CBT Program Beneficial for Depression, Anxiety

But adding internet support group doesn't further improve mental health-related QoL, mood, anxiety
Factors including increases in health care service price and intensity are associated with increases in U.S. health care spending from 1996 to 2013

Increases in U.S. Health Spending Tied to Health Service Price

Higher spending also linked to population growth and aging, negatively linked to disease incidence
Physicians have two extra weeks to preview their 2016 performance information as a result of a mistake related to the Centers for Medicare &#amp; Medicaid Services' Physician Compare online resource

Doctors Have Extra Two Weeks to Preview Performance Data

Due to technical issue with Physician Compare, CMS extending time frame for physicians to view data
Among cannabidiol (CBD) products sold online

Cannabidiol Concentration Varies Widely in Online Products

Of 84 products sampled, 42.85 percent were underlabeled and 26.19 percent were overlabeled
Sertraline treatment does not significantly improve depressive symptoms among patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease and major depressive disorder

Sertraline Treatment No Benefit for Depressive Symptoms in CKD

No improvement for patients with MDD and chronic kidney disease without dialysis dependence
Total physical activity (PA) and moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA are inversely associated with mortality

Intensity of Exercise Affects Impact on Mortality Risk

Findings support recommendation of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity