The Joint Commission launches educational campaign on patient rights

The Joint Commission  launches educational campaign on patient rights https://www.jointcommission.org/the_joint_commission_launches_educational_campaign_on_patient_rights/ OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, Nov. 13, 2019) – The Joint Commission today launched its Speak Up™ For Your Rights campaign to educate patients and their advocates on their rights before, during and after receiving care. The campaign includes an infographic and animated video, in English and […]

This video is 5 yrs old …but… unfortunately still pertinent

Open letter to all those Federal Bureaucrats interfering with pain pts getting their therapy

Open letter to all those Federal Bureaucrats interfering with pain pts getting their therapy: I‘m one of millions of Americans that live in constant chronic pain. I’m on social media and I connect with many like me, and worse. There are two major groups of people who are very different, yet being grouped together and […]

Production at Teva API plant halted until next year – how many vital meds will be in short supply ?

Production at Teva API plant halted until next year https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/production-at-teva-api-plant-halted-till-next-year Teva Pharmaceuticals is having issues with its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) plant in Italy serious enough that it has had to stop production.  The Israeli drugmaker sent a “Dear Customer” letter to clients saying that it does not expect to restart production until after the […]

Apparently this CVS/Target pharmacy customer was UNHAPPY

CVS/Target pharmacy destroyed by woman with metal pole https://www.koin.com/news/crime/target-pharmacy-destroyed-by-woman-with-metal-pole/ Target said nearly all the medication, medical supplies and selves were ruined and the total cost of damage was over $100,000. Daniel was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of criminal mischief, burglary and disorderly conduct.  

Dr Mark helping one chronic pain pt at a time 11/18/2019

 

Dr. Mark sharing his thoughts

Frustrated opioid patients speak out: ‘I now buy heroin on the street’

Frustrated opioid patients speak out: ‘I now buy heroin on the street’ https://www.foxnews.com/health/readers-respond-to-special-report-about-the-opioid-crisis-unintended-victims-pain-sufferers-losing-access-to-painkillers One woman spoke of how her mother, at 72 years old, and in pain because of degenerative bone disease, saw only one way out after her opioids were tapered down. She committed suicide. A husband whose wife of 50 years suffers from […]

A Year of Historic Action to Combat the Opioid Crisis… Has HIPAA protected data just become a OPEN BOOK ?

A Year of Historic Action to Combat the Opioid Crisis https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/year-historic-action-combat-opioid-crisis/ One year ago this week, President Donald J. Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Ever since, the Trump Administration has applied an all-of-Government approach to the epidemic, allowing each agency and department to do their part to help the cause. This […]

non-physician clinicians: are not trained to be substitutes of physicians

15 Doctors Fired From Chicago-Area Health System https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/workforce/83576 At least 15 physicians have been fired from Edward-Elmhurst Health as the suburban Chicago-based health system moves to cut costs, sources told MedPage Today. The doctors, who worked across its seven “Immediate Care” or urgent care sites, will be replaced by advanced practice nurses, according to an […]