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Primary Care Perspectives on Access to Specialty Care in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Method Study [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

American Medical Association Physician Masterfile Population Studied: Cardiologists, neurologists, oncologists, or pulmonologists; rural health systems leaders. From 2012 to 2022, rural supply decreased for pulmonologists (-41.7%), neurologists (-16.5%), and cardiologists (-5.6%); oncologists increased (20.0%). Setting/Data Set: U.S./American

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FDA Inspections: Lesson 1 – Interviewing Employees

FDA Law Blog

Although FDA has long taken the position that it has broad authority in how it conducts its inspections, it was not until 2012 that Congress put some teeth behind FDAs policy position. But what exactly constitutes delaying, denying, limiting or refusing an FDA inspection?

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care.

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

Pharmacists’ Corresponding Responsibility A controlled substance prescription, to be valid, must be issued for “a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of [their] professional practice.” Zarzamora Press Release. The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(8):e2013100.

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Former FDAer Dr. Ellis F. Unger Joins Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. as Principal Drug Regulatory Expert

FDA Law Blog

From 1997 to 2003, Dr. Unger served as a medical officer, team leader, and subsequently branch chief in FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (“CBER”). Dr. Unger transitioned to the Office of Drug Evaluation-I in 2009, and became its Director in 2012.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski ( @PEMTweets ) and co-authored by Dennis Ren ( @DennisRenMD ) is all about age-appropriate non pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. It is also episode 2 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.