Posted by: admin on: July 6, 2011
Karen Weiss, MD, MPH, Program Director for the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Safe Use Initiative in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Although precise figures are difficult to determine, studies suggest up to 50% of the harm from medications is preventable, which translates into about 1.5 million preventable adverse drug events each […]
Posted by: admin on: July 6, 2011
Stroke survivors are at a significantly increased risk of developing health problems that can impact their daily life even if they have experienced only a single stroke and are still living in the community, according to an analysis of the Health and Retirement Study. Physicians, caregivers, and rehabilitation providers need to pay particular attention […]
Posted by: admin on: July 6, 2011
Recently there were vigorous discussions about retainer medicine. In both discussions the “opposition” opined that every time an internist (or more recently family physician) leaves the CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid services)/private insurance grid patient access decreases. They imply that outpatient generalists have a moral responsibility to continue seeing too many patients and spending inadequate time […]