Jul 31, 2023 | healthcare, News |
It seems to me that all drugs should be included in the Medicare price negotiations. From Reuters: Injectable versions of some widely-used cancer drugs including Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) blockbuster multiple myeloma treatment Darzalex are likely to be...
May 8, 2023 | Burnout, News, Physician burnout |
Well, this is depressing news. From AMA News: Early in the pandemic, physician experiences were largely influenced by geography, specialty and personal COVID-19 experiences. But a year into the pandemic, the environment was different because physicians were facing...
Mar 31, 2023 | Gun Violence, healthcare, News |
This CDC study investigated weekly firearm injuries that presented to the Emergency Room. During the study period, compared with 2019, mean weekly ED visits for firearm injury were 37% higher in 2020, 36% higher in 2021, and 20% higher in 2022, with differences by...
Mar 10, 2023 | children, News, Opioids |
With all that has been going on over the last 2 – 3 years, it is easy to forget that we were in an opioid crisis. This crisis hasn’t been fixed. It is still ongoing. From NYT: Opioids were the leading cause of fatal poisonings among children age 5 years...
Nov 26, 2022 | News, Physician burnout |
Decision burnout is real. It needs to be taken seriously. Burnout is dangerous for our patients and staff. From AMA News: The prevalence of physician burnout during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic was 38.2%, the lowest ever recorded. By the end of 2021,...
Sep 19, 2022 | covid19, News |
The new Covid boosters are here. As the weather turns cold and people go indoors, I expect Covid cases to increase. So, #GetBoosted. From NYT: The new boosters are one of the last remaining weapons in America’s arsenal against the coronavirus, now that the country has...
Aug 31, 2022 | children, Drugs, News |
From CBS News: The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an advisory Tuesday about an “emerging trend” of “brightly-colored” fentanyl pills being used to lure children and young people. What is often called “rainbow fentanyl” has...
May 22, 2022 | covid19, News |
One of the things that we have intermittently discussed is the long term effects of Coid19. Tiredness and Muscle fatique can last for years. This is a new article in Lancet which demonstrates that over 50% of Covid19 survivors aren’t quite right over 2 years...
May 18, 2022 | Drugs, healthcare, News |
Man, we are in trouble. Everyday there is a new shortage in the hospital. From ACS: The ACS is monitoring the recent shortage of intravenous contrast media reported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is encouraging collaboration with the American College of...
Mar 17, 2022 | Drugs, News |
Hello, it has been a long time. 🙂 From CNN – Annual drug overdose deaths have reached another record high in the United States as deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surge to unprecedented levels. An estimated 105,752 people died of drug overdoses...
