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Certain steps should be taken when discharging a patient for failure or inability to meet financial obligations

Steps Provided for Discharging Patient From Practice

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Letter should be sent informing patient of their discharge, providing at least 30 days' notice
Patient portals have not taken off as expected

Patient Portals Don’t Appear to Have Much Traction

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Patients not accessing them, physicians not using full range of features
After the expanded coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act were implemented in 2014

ACA Coverage Gains Include Workers Without Insurance

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Reduction in uninsurance rate among this group larger than that of not-employed adults
Practice names and logos should be carefully designed to emphasize what is unique about a practice

Practice Names, Logos Should Be Carefully Designed

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The logo should be simple and easy to identify, should send a message about the medical practice
Doctors recently removed a contact lens that was embedded in a woman's eyelid for nearly three decades after she was hit in the eye while playing badminton. The case was highlighted in the Aug. 10 online edition of BMJ Case Reports.

Doctors Remove Contact Lens Embedded in Eyelid for Years

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Lens was encapsulated within the upper eyelid soft tissue since childhood eye trauma
A U.S. National Institutes of Health oversight panel will no longer review all applications for gene therapy experiments

NIH Panel Will No Longer Review Gene Therapy Experiments

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FDA will now assess gene therapy experiments and products as it does with other treatments, drugs
There are six broad factors that can affect inclusion within health care organizations

6 Factors Related to Inclusion in Health Care Workplace ID’d

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Presence of discrimination, the silent witness, effectiveness of leadership can help assess inclusion
Bariatric surgery is tied to lower overall incidence of microvascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Bariatric Surgery Lowers Microvascular Disease Risk

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Findings based on large study of patients with type 2 diabetes
Eye examination is helpful for detecting abnormalities that could indicate abuse in children

Eye Examination Can Help Detect Abuse in Children

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Physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential diagnosis of pediatric eye trauma
Many children of mothers with evidence of confirmed or possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy do not undergo all recommended evaluations

Neurodevelopmental Anomalies, Birth Defects Linked to Zika ID’d

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Many children born to mothers with Zika infection don't undergo all recommended assessments