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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
CDC Urges Caution on Opioid Prescribing in Young Women

Opioid pain medications are widely prescribed among women of childbearing age, which is a “significant public health concern,” federal health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. A new report published in the January 23 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) shows that roughly one fourth of privately insured […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Tapentadol Toxicity in Children

Published in Pediatrics. 2015;135:391-396. Authors: Dr Borys and Dr Schor Tapentadol is ‘Third-Tier’ Drug for Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Unintentional ingestion of the novel analgesic tapentadol (Nucynta, Janssen Pharmaceuticals) by children generally has a good outcome, according to a recent study of reports to poison centers collected by the National Poison Data System (NPDS). But while […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Never Events: An Anaesthetic Perspective

Published in Anaesth Crit Care and Pain. 2014;14(5):197-201. Authors: Siddharth S Adyanthaya MBBS FRCA, Vishal Patil MD FFARCSI Introduction Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. Dr Wendell Johnson, American psychologist (1906–65) ‘Never events’ are defined as ‘serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if relevant […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
3 keys to unlock the patient satisfaction puzzle

The effort to improve the patient experience is one of the paramount issues in the modern healthcare industry–in part because patient satisfaction is tied to financial incentives. To make a real difference, hospitals must create an “overall experience of caring,” Forbes contributor Micah Solomon writes in a recentarticle. In regard to the Hospital Consumer Assessment […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
How to address drug-seeking patients

Although physician practices seem to have made some progress in the fight against prescription painkiller abuse, drug-seeking and drug-addicted patients remain part of many medical offices’ daily reality, according to an article from Physicians Practice. The best approach, according to Shawn Williams, acting medical director at Willingway, a Georgia-based addiction treatment center, is a direct […]

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