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Friday Reflection 44: Diagnostic Enigma

Sensible Medicine

I feel most like I am “among my people” discussing diagnostic dilemmas with my team post call. The Medical Detectives by Berton Roueche is a beloved classic. Lisa Sanders has made a career -- beyond her medical practice – of engaging descriptions of struggles to solve difficult cases.

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5 Risk Control Considerations as Nurse Practitioners’ Scope of Practice Expands

Minority Nurse

This means NPs can evaluate patients, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, and initiate and manage treatments (including prescribing medications) under the licensing authority of the State Board of Nursing. Since 2023, 27 states and the District of Columbia have granted NPs full practice authority (AANP, 2023).

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Why Autism Diagnoses Are Increasing: What Changed In 2013

Forbes Healthcare

Follow Author Jun 19, 2025, 08:00am EDT Share Save Comment Changes in diagnostic criteria drove an increase in autism diagnoses. During my medical training, that was a determination for the professionals to make. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D.

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Face Tattoos For Stress? The Real-Time Biotech Wearable Trackers

Forbes Healthcare

The future of mental health may not be confined to diagnostic manuals or therapy rooms. As wearable technology advances from consumer novelty to clinical-grade utility, the body itself will continue to become a living interface where cognitive states are monitored, measured, intersected and increasingly managed.

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The Infomercial Comes to The Wall Street Journal

Sensible Medicine

On April 26, 2023, Bobby Jindal and Chirag Parghi declared, on the opinion pages of the WSJ, that “ Mammograms Can Promote Heart Health.” Have I been neglecting the medical literature? Parghi is a breast radiologist and the chief medical officer of Solis Mammography.” Why didn’t I know this? ” U.S.

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Stanford’s ChatEHR lets doctors talk to the chart — and it talks back

Medical Economics

Here to help you securely chat with the patient’s medical record.” ChatEHR, developed by Stanford Medicine , uses large language model (LLM) technology to help physicians, nurses and other clinicians pull specific data, summarize charts and query a patient’s medical history in natural language. or “Have they had a colonoscopy?

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The Nursing Shortage Means Job Opportunities

Prism Career Institute

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts an increased need for PNs and VNs between 2023 to 2033, with over 54,000 job openings projected each year. In particular, Pennsylvania has been facing a nursing shortage since 2023, and over 14% of nursing roles are not filled.