The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is conducting an update of ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, its evidence-based clinical guidelines for work-related disorders. The college has invited APMA to review the revised guidelines relevant to podiatric medicine, as they are developed. The intent is to provide useful practice guidelines that are based…
eliminating podiatry “would do violence” the the Medi-Cal program
From the Associated Press this morning: Court: Medi-Cal must cover podiatrists, dentists SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California lawmakers improperly stopped funding certain medical services that rural and other specialized health clinics provided to low-income residents under the state’s Medicaid program, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed…
Diagnosis: Insufficient Outrage; A Consideration
This morning’s New York Times Op-Ed by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, a professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and the author of “Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Healthâ€, caught my attention. I agree with many of Dr. Welch’s points, specifically that rising health care costs are…
Google Glass: Scalpel Please
A surgeon at a Maine hospital has performed what’s being touted as the first surgical procedure broadcast using Google Glass. Rafael Grossman, MD, FACS, inserted a feeding tube in a procedure known as a PEG, or a percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy, and streamed video from Google Glass while taking care to maintain the patient’s privacy, he wrote last week…
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