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

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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. The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. On October 10th, based on ability to pay, the U.S. 11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Zarzamora Press Release.

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

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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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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government.