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

FDA Law

District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. 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.

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How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection

Vascular Physician

When people develop chest pain and are rushed to the ER, a conventional chest X-ray may show a severely enlarged aorta, which is a well-established sign of aortic dissection. And, if your pressures are elevated, working with experienced healthcare providers on a plan to get your blood pressure within an acceptable range is the next step.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

(Blooms: Analyze; Kirkpatrick Level 3 Behavior): Assess the impact of implementing strategies for reducing low-value imaging in the pediatric emergency department on patient care outcomes, including diagnostic accuracy, radiation exposure, and healthcare costs. But the majority of our patients do not initially seek care in our facilities.

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CDC Emphasizes Opioid Guideline is Voluntary and Should Support, Not Supplant, Patient Care

FDA Law

We blogged on the 2016 guideline here in March 2016, and the proposed guideline here on March 18th). When starting opioid therapy for acute, subacute, or chronic pain, clinicians should prescribe immediate-release opioids instead of extended-release/long-acting (“ER/LA”) opioids. 2022 Guideline at 15. (We 2022 Guideline at 3.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. Bob: Exactly. It could be anybody.

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