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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
FDA approves ear inserts to reduce TMJ pain

This is for our readers who treat pain patients. Chronic pain is a difficult development area for both drug and device developers; creating a product that effectively reduces pain and is sufficiently tolerable over long periods remains a challenge. Now sufferers with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder pain have a new device option that has proven […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 September, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
In Cancer Survivors, Colonoscopy Risks Rise with Age

I thought this was a study anesthesia providers would like knowing about since endo is the number one reason for a patient to receive an anesthetic. Older patients were 28% more likely than younger ones to be hospitalized for treatment of complications following a surveillance colonoscopy, study data shows. Follow-up colonoscopies for people over age […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Optimism on OIC After FDA Panel Rejects Call For More Cardiac Data

MI ‘signal’ seen with one drug, but not others Experts said they hoped a recent FDA advisory panel recommendation against requiring randomized controlled cardiovascular outcomes trials for new drugs to treat constipation associated with use of opioids would unblock the field for more such medications. Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) “is a real problem,” said Eugene Viscusi, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Does more value mean less profit? How to keep pay-for-performance from hurting hospital income

An interesting article for our readers since most of them practice in a hospital setting. Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Advocate Physician Partners — a care management collaboration with Advocate that brings together more than 4,500 physicians —  are trailblazers in the realm of value-based care, says APP President Mike Englehart. Advocate launched […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
40 statistics on physician compensation

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers so they can see what our colleagues make from their practices. Here are 40 statistics on primary care and specialty care physician compensation gathered from 2014 data and reports. Trends by geography, demographics 1. According to Medical Group Management Association’s Physician […]

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