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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

Pallimed

The FSBM Workshop and an Unexpected Opportunity The Federation of State Medical Boards held a workshop on opioids and addiction treatment on September 27 and 28, 2022, in Washington, DC, and one of us (CDK) provided testimony to that group as an invited guest (17). Judy serves as a volunteer researchist for The Doctor Patient Forum.

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Introducing Your Loved Ones to a New In-Home Caregiver

Comfort Home Care

These heightened emotions can be especially prevalent if the person you’re being introduced to will serve an important role in your life. Since 1999, we have been providing a wide range of in-home care services in the Washington, DC, and Montgomery County, MD areas. First Meeting.

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2023 NHPCO Pediatric Facts and Figures Report Released

NHPCO

Since then, providers have made much progress with expanding palliative care teams in most children’s hospitals and growing community-based programs in urban areas. “Pediatric palliative and hospice care in the United States started in the mid to late 1990s. NHPCO provides education and resources to support that mission.

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What the Pandemic Taught Us About the Changing Role of Nurses

Diversity Nursing

Partly because of this growing need, nurses are increasingly serving as primary caregivers in hospitals and clinics across the country. Many of our 8,000 alumni have been serving on the front lines of the pandemic. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2021. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2021. There are more than 3.8 Smiley, R.A.,

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Women’s Network—Storytelling: AHLA’s Educational and Philanthropic Mission

Healthcare Law Insights blog

I now serve as a mentor for women and men interested in health law through AHLA and other organizations—a role that I take very seriously. The amazing thing is that these themes align almost perfectly with AHLA’s areas of philanthropic investment: Talent pipeline support: Ensuring a well-qualified next generation of health law professionals.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

Responding to an underfunded Medicaid program in 2003, Washington State’s Prescription Drug Preferred Drug List “steered people with state-subsidized health care — Medicaid patients, injured workers and state employees — to methadone” as a money-saving choice versus other opioid analgesics (23-25).

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Hospice. A Brief History.

Americare Hospice

Etymologically, the word "hospice" derives from the Latin hospes, a word which served double duty in referring both to guests and hosts. Meanwhile, hospices also developed in other areas. Blues, had been elected at the national meeting in Washington DC and principles of hospice care had been addressed.

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