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

FDA Law Blog

11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). 6, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). An extended release (“ER”) opioid in legitimate pain management generally accompanies an IR opioid, with patients taking the ER opioid on a set schedule and the IR opioid as needed. Several weeks later, also based on ability to pay, the U.S. 21 U.S.C. §

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My favorite public health and health care books of 2024

Common Sense Family Doctor

For more great reads, feel free to browse my lists from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , and 2015-2020. The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER , by Thomas Fisher 3. Hope this list helps with your holiday shopping! ** 1. Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks , by Caitlin Rivers 2. Perry Wilson 6.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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

GeriPal

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms. JAMA Health Forum.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology? Homelessness? Marginally housed? What makes palliative care for people experiencing homelessness challenging? What makes it rewarding? Naheed 00:31 Thanks so much for having me here. Eric 00:34 I’m excited for this.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

Updated 2023 Jul 17]. This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. References Jeanmonod R, Asuka E, Jeanmonod D.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Bill 01:53 Alex asked me for a song that was resonating in my head at the time, and it would be Guy Clark’s song, T he Cape. I’ll make sure.