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Physicians Practice
There is nothing more frustrating to physicians than knowing a patient needs a certain diagnostic test or medication and having them not be able to get it because their health insurance company won’t cover it. All too often, many services require prior-authorization (PA).
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Podiatry Today
Given the painful nature of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures and the variety of complications associated with open primary repair, this author takes a closer look at the potential of ligamentotaxis through percutaneous external fixation and intramedullary locked nail fixation.
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Podiatry Management
Hallux valgus
surgical correction is
a common task performed
by foot surgeons
and is one of the
more challenging ones.
More than 150 surgical
procedures have been
developed to correct
HAV.
In this presentation,
the author presents
the MIAA technique
(Minimally Invasive
Austin Akin).
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Foot & Ankle International
The purpose of this research was to see if there were any differences in peak pressure, contact time, pressure-time integrals, and geometric variables such as forefoot width, foot length, coefficient of spreading, and arch index between subjects with Morton’s neuroma and control subjects.
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Podiatry Today
Matthew Regulski DPM
writes:
I am often in profound disbelief at how my patients with diabetes and the lay public as well do not understand the destructive nature of diabetes. I discuss this with all my patients with diabetes at each and every visit. I cannot count how many times patients have told me they do not have diabetes because they take a shot of insulin or they can eat what they want because they take a pill.
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Medical Xpress
Screening patients for diabetes based solely on their age and weight — a recommendation from a leading medical expert group — could miss more than half of high-risk patients, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study of a nationwide sample. These limited screening criteria also missed more racial and ethnic minorities, most notably Asians.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Diabetic foot infections present a major morbidity, mortality and economic challenge for the tertiary health sector. However, lack of high quality evidence for specific treatment regimens for patients with DFIs may result in inconsistent management. This study aimed to identify DFI caseload proportion and patterns of clinical practice of Infectious Diseases Physicians and Trainees within Australia and New Zealand.
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By Keith Carlson
 As the 21st century matures, so too does our understanding of what diversity means in relation to the delivery of compassionate, sensitive and appropriate healthcare. The notion of diversity has expanded in recent decades, and nurses, physicians, allied health providers and institutions must keep pace with the societal changes that are continually underway. In the late 20th century, a great deal of attention was paid to cultural diversity.
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ACFAOM
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Gait & Posture
While altered foot arch characteristics (high or low) are frequently assumed to influence lower limb biomechanics and are suspected to be a contributing factor for injuries, the association between arch characteristics and lower limb running biomechanics in children is unclear.
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