PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

220 and was described on HP&M’s blog here. Note that while EKRA was passed as part of a bill to combat the opioid crisis, its definition of “laboratory” applies to lab activities far beyond those involving opioid or other drug testing. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added). 18 U.S.C. §

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Lab Testing Individual Referral Patient-Centered 52

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

220 and was described on HP&M’s blog here. Note that while EKRA was passed as part of a bill to combat the opioid crisis, its definition of “laboratory” applies to lab activities far beyond those involving opioid or other drug testing. EKRA is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added). 18 U.S.C. §

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Lab Testing Individual Referral Patient-Centered 40

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

Psychiatrists define burnout as a job-related dysphoria in an individual without major psychopathy—meaning you’re normal; your job is killing you. Individuals with moral injury may see themselves and the world as immoral and irreparable. Yet moral injury is not an official diagnosis. Now we’re getting somewhere.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) And when you and I talk about, what’s the key medical decision or diagnosis that we’re making all the time, we’re making a decision about like, “Is this patient sick enough to die? There’s that recognition piece.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111