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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. Government. It is also episode 3 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

PEMBlog

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. Government. Pediatr Radiol 2019; 49:240. 2019 Mar;20(2):409-418. West J Emerg Med. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.1.41344.

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Corporate Liability from Employee Diversion: Costly on Many Fronts

FDA Law

This matter is the latest in a recent string of large monetary settlements between the government and health care providers involving employee diversion. It was alleged that other employees administered the medication to patients even after observing signs of tampering, although no patients were reported harmed.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. It’s going to be published as a special report in JPM I hope in May with as of today, 279, I think HPM physician colleagues, signatures including 21 of the living past presidents of the academy.

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What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?

Physician's Weekly

Other experts told PolitiFact that the actual numbers could be higher than what the federal government reports, although not as high as Paragon’s estimate. It is funded through a mix of federal and state money and is administered by states under federal government rules. How High Is the Medicaid Improper Payment Rate?