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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

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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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. These lab tests are performed for physicians, substance abuse treatment centers and other types of organizations.

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District Court Interprets EKRA

FDA Law

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. These lab tests are performed for physicians, substance abuse treatment centers and other types of organizations.

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

Dr. Shay’s original definition was based upon his patients’ war narratives and Homer’s Iliad (762 B.C.) Yet moral injury is not an official diagnosis. Enter the real diagnosis—human rights violations—with clear evidence-based solutions. I’ve witnessed all far too frequently among physicians.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. In one room the physician under study interacts with a white patient-actor, and in another room interacts with a Black patient-actor. Eric: Yeah.