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Category: Patient Care & Quality

Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

YMCA, AMA, CDC Team Up to Fight Diabetes

Twenty five million Americans live with diabetes. According to the most recent statistics available from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, between 899,000 and 999,000 adults … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

Updated Diabetes Care Tools Can Help Physicians Treat Patients

Tools to help physicians treat patients with Type 2 diabetes are more important than ever as the number of children and adults diagnosed with diabetes … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services’ New Approach on Diabetes

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

DOH Alert: Three Imported Cases of Chikungunya Virus in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is reporting three imported Chikungunya (CHIK) cases in travelers returning from the Caribbean this year. Two cases of CHIK … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

Organizations Come Together to Educate Providers on Concussion Screening and Treatment

On Aug. 5, 2014, representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Society (PATS) came to the Pennsylvania Medical Society … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

Get Ready to Field Questions about Concussions this School Year

With the start of the school year fast approaching, physicians in many specialties know that questions about concussions will soon come their way. Since July … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

Diabetes Prevalence Tripled in Two Decades; Complications Decline

According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the number of U.S. adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes has … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Health Issues, Patient Care & Quality

PA Physicians Applaud CVS for Removing Tobacco from Shelves

Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) applauded CVS Caremark when the company announced that they would be taking tobacco off their shelves by … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022

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