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Joseph Meyer

A Trend I May Not Like

A few years ago, a very good primary care physician who I had been seeing for decades joined a national chain of medical providers called Village Medical. I have not noticed a drop off in the quality of services. But, there is a less personal feel than what I experienced with private practitioners for most of my life and I am a bit worried about the more distant future of medicine.

This morning, I received an email announcing my dentist is making the same move, joining a national group called High Point Dentistry. The email is written to reassure me: “So what’s changing? Just the name. We’re gaining added support, resources, and dental specialists that will allow us to enhance your experience.” The online ratings of other branches around the country are great. But, I don’t entirely trust online ratings.

Does this amount to a growing capitalist takeover of medicine by the U.S. corporate world? Will the future be more like “trickle down” medicine? Is less administrative work, reduced malpractice risk, or something else the incentive for physicians to join these chains rather than remaining independent? Even if the medical services are okay for now, I worry that may not remain the case after big business has captured a sizable majority of practices and decides to focus more on profit and less on patient care.

#Medicine#Physicians#Doctors
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Nonilex

#Trump layoffs begin to erode #FDA drug review system

The Trump admin's #MassFirings at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new #medicines, setting back years of effort to bring promising #treatments to #patients more quickly.

The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of #HHS #RFKJr's massive *restructuring* of US #health agencies….

#NIH #CDC #FDA #PublicHealth #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #research #disease #ethics #USpol
reuters.com/business/healthcar

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Peter Broks

What happens when someone with a background in science studies and an interest in patient experience has to stay in hospital?

Some passing thoughts on illness as a boundary object following my recent stay in hospital with a broken leg.

(seemed a good way to revive my blog)

#healthCare #hospitals #ScienceStudies #Patients #STS #scicomm #sciencecommunication
literacyofthepresent.wordpress.

Literacy of the Present · Illness as Boundary Object            It’s not the kind of thing that would get past an ethics committee. Proposing to break my leg as part of the methodology is someth…
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1228415/livmarli- LIVMARLI Now Approved in Japan for ALGS and PFIC #AlagilleSyndrome #algs #CholestaticPruritus #Japan #JapanNews #LIVMARLI #MirumPharmaceuticals #news #OralSolution #patients #PFIC #ProgressiveFamilialIntrahepaticCholestasis #RareDiseases – LIVMARLI is the first and only treatment available for cholestatic pruritus in patients with Alagille syndrome and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis in Japan FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 27, 2025–…

LIVMARLI Now Approved in Japan for ALGS and PFIC
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Bytes Europe

Ohio economy saw $2.4 billion boost from pharma clinical trials in 2023 byteseu.com/867306/ #Drugs #economy #Health #industry #Medical #patients #pharmaceutical #studies #trials

Bytes Europe · Ohio economy saw $2.4 billion boost from pharma clinical trials in 2023CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Clinical trials funded by pharmaceutical companies resulted in $2.4 billion in economic impact in Ohio in 2023, according to a new pharmaceutical industry study. That figure put Ohio among the top five highest U.S. states in terms of economic impact from industry-funded clinical trials, according to research conducted by TEConomy Partners and funded by PhRMA, which represents the pharmaceutical industry. Florida ($8.3 billion), Texas ($7.7 billion) and California ($7.2 billion) were among the U.S. states with the highest total economic impact generated by pharmaceutical-funded clinical trials.Ohio hosted about 1,400 industry-funded clinical trials in 2023, and those trials
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DionyZack 🍉✊🏽♀️🇳🇨

Revolut°Permanente🚩 CHU de Montpellier : le manque de matériel met patients et soignants en danger: Depuis plusieurs années, soignants et patients du CHU de Montpellier font face à une pénurie chronique de matériel : draps, couvertures, brancards, équipements médicaux, etc. En pleine grève des urgentistes, deux infirmières ont accepté de témoigner.Notre Classe / Bloque de tres Portada 1 / François Bayrou / Austérité /… revolutionpermanente.fr/CHU-de 🚩RP #Santé #Hôpital #Urgences #Soignants #Patients

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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]

Ukraine Daily summary - Friday, March 21 2025

Western intel contradicts Trump's, Putin's claims on Ukraine's encirclement in Kursk Oblast -- Extending NATO's Article 5 to Ukraine would test Russia’s peace intentions, Meloni says -- Russia's Engels air base ablaze after Ukrainian drone strike -- Sudzha gas metering station in Russia's Kursk Oblast on fire following multiple explosions -- and more

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writeworks.ukUkraine Daily summary - Friday, March 21 2025Western intel contradicts Trump's, Putin's claims on Ukraine's encirclement in Kursk Oblast -- Extending NATO's Article 5 to Ukraine would test Russia’s peace intentions, Meloni says -- Russia's Engels air base ablaze after Ukrainian drone strike -- Sudzha gas metering station in Russia's Kursk Oblast on fire following multiple explosions -- and more
#saratov#norway#Shahed
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PalUpNow! 🩵

As mental health professionals interacting with #patients and families hailing from different cultural, educational and socio-economic backgrounds, we are often faced with misconceptions. This #blog series sheds #light on important aspects on mental illnesses.

#PalUpNow! #mentalhealth🌸 #educatio...
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Dr. Shalini Bhakta Educates PalUpNow! Users On Mental Health
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Dr. Shalini Bhakta Educates PalUpNow! Users On Mental Health
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