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Healthcare Finance
While electronic health records improve communication and access to patient data, researchers found that stress from using EHRs is associated with burnout, particularly for primary care doctors such as pediatricians, family medicine physicians and general internists.
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Lower Extremity Review
The not-so-secret truth: diabetes and its precursor, prediabetes, have reached epidemic status in the U.S.: More than 100 million Americans are living with the disease.
Based on data from 2015, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year reported that 30.3 million Americans — 9.4 percent of the U.S. population — have diabetes.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Foot orthoses are frequently used but little is known about which types are used in contemporary practice. This study aimed to explore the types of foot orthoses currently used by podiatrists and the prescription variations in a range of conditions.
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Podiatry Today
The benefits of having an annual comprehensive diabetic foot exam are too numerous to mention. If a patient sees his or her podiatrist along with one other member of the diabetic foot team, the relative risk reduction of a high level amputation will decrease, with some studies showing a reduction of as much as 80 percent.
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PLOS One
The translation of the navicular bone is thought to be a representative surrogate measure to assess foot pronation and hence foot function; however, it is not known how it is related to multi-segment foot kinematics.
Cranio-caudal and medio-lateral navicular translation and multi-segment foot kinematics from the Oxford Foot Model were simultaneously assessed during the stance phase of walking in 20 healthy adults.
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Podiatry Today
Given the numbers of patients seeking relief from chronic wound pain, it is imperative to provide responsible, effective pain management. These authors provide a guide to treating patients with mild, moderate and severe pain, with an eye on the safe prescription of opioids and the potential for medical marijuana.
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Foot & Ankle International
The epidemiology of midfoot injuries is poorly known. It has been estimated that the incidence of Lisfranc injuries (intra-articular injury in the tarsometatarsal joint) is 1/55 000 person-years and the incidence of Chopart injuries (intra-articular injury in the talonavicular and calcaneocuboidal joint) 4/100 000 person-years. The purpose of our study was to assess the computed tomography (CT) imaging-based incidence (per 100 000 person-years) and trauma mechanisms of midfoot injuries.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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