COVID-19 & Influenza 2020-2021 Recommendations & Triaging Tools
Logistical Hurdles of 2020-2021 Flu Season As we navigate the 2020-2021’s flu season, clinicians must prepare for a level of coinfection between influenza and COVID-19 during periods of community co-circulation of influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2. There are many...Canisius College Physician Assistant Studies Master’s Program Adopts PEPID Clinical Rotations Companion Curriculum Wide
– PEPID, the world’s leading provider of specialty medical and nursing software, and Data Soft Logic Corporation, creator of web-based point-of-care software optimized for home health, hospice, and therapy agencies, announced a ten-year renewal of their long-standing partnership. PEPID and Data Soft Logic first started working together in 2011.
How Race and Class Contribute to Disparities in Autism Diagnosis
The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Often the difference between living a healthy or unhealthy life and sometimes even the difference between life or death boils down to accessibility to healthcare. When examining the demographic of who has adequate access to...
Occupational Stressors of ED Physicians
The Double-edged Sword In the field of medicine, the Emergency Department presents a unique working environment that doesn’t quite compare with other clinical settings. It can be looked at as a double-edged sword. On one hand, the ED offers prestigious, high value,...
Consequences of the Consolidation of Health Care
Is the consolidation of health care and its bureaucracy getting in the way of patient treatment and physician happiness? Health care professionals know that the system in which they work has become more complex than ever before. Health care policy, insurance,...
7 Reasons You Need PEPID
It takes a lot to provide patient-centered, evidence-based care. From dosing calculations to uncommon conditions, even the most seasoned clinician can benefit from a tool designed for the 10-second triple-check. That’s exactly what PEPID specialty-specific...
COVID-19 Compiled Resources from PEPID
With the constantly evolving nature of the COVID-19 outbreak, PEPID’s goal is to be a source of evidence-based, reliable information for the healthcare community. PEPID will continue to rapidly review and update its resources concerning the COVID-19 outbreak...
Blood Test to Predict Alzheimer’s 94% Accurate
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO recently reported a game changing blood test that could significantly decrease the cost of clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, published August 1st in the journal Neurology,...Greater Adherence to Healthful Plant-Based Dietary Patterns Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A data analysis of 9 studies from 7 publications totaling to 307, 099 participants with 23,544 cases of incident type 2 diabetes showed a significant inverse association between people who adhered to a plant-based dietary pattern and risk of type 2 diabetes compared...
FDA Approves First Treatment for Episodic Cluster Headache that Reduces the Frequency of Attacks
Emgality (gacanezumab-gnlm) solution has been FDA approved for treatment of episodic cluster headache in adults, the first of its kind. Emgality was approved in 2018 to prevent migraines in adults, and now has shown to reduce the frequency of cluster headache attaches...
First P13K inhibitor for Breast Cancer Gets FDA Approved
Pigray (alpelisib) tablets have been FDA approved to treat breast cancer in combination with FDA-approved endocrine therapy fulvestrant. Pigray is approved for postmenopausal women, and men, with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2...
Novel FDA Drug Approvals: February-May 2019
Every year, the US FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) releases a list of newly-approved novel drugs and therapeutic biological products. Last year’s Novel Drug Approvals list holds the record for the most number of approved drugs, effectively...
NEW Stroke Systems of Care Recommendations: What You Need to Know
The American Stroke Association released improved recommendations for stroke systems of care to improve patient outcomes. It aims to extensively review of the current evidence evaluating these systems, and provide updates for policymakers and public healthcare...