CDC – OPIOID GUIDELINES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TAPER PATIENTS April 24, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken its first concrete step to address the widespread misuse and misapplication of its opioid prescribing guideline. In a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine,…
It Never Ends
Yesterday I had a weekly wrapping change out and wound cleaning at the wound therapy clinic. I ended up seeing the head of the department who back in January asked that an echocardiogram be done on my lower left leg. When I went in for the echocardiogram the tech noticed that I had just had…
Needed Respite
As you all know as caregivers, “If you don’t care for yourself you can’t really care for someone else properly. For the past 5-6 weeks we have had to help work with Robert (BIL) was hit hard when he aspirated rated lunch one day. Aspirated is when liquid or food goes down into one lungs…
State panel to review OHP neck, back pain coverage Also continuing chronic pain discussions
By: KTVZ.COM news sources Posted: May 10, 2019 08:32 PM PDT Updated: May 10, 2019 08:33 PM PDT SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority announced Friday that the Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC), will reopen discussions on the coverage guidelines related to neck and back pain implemented in 2016, beginning this winter. OHA and…
