Practice Management News

Residents of the United States’ South Atlantic, Mountain and East North Central, or Great Lakes, sections were as much as four times as likely to be at high risk for opioid overdose mortality as people living in other parts of the country, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

Health equity witnessed a “clear lack of progress” during a recent 25-year period, researchers recently wrote in JAMA Network Open.

Both clinicians and patients more often utilized advance directives that were more “readable, understandable, appealing and usable,” according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

The FDA announced today that it issued warning letters to Cali Botanicals of Folsom, California, and Kratom NC of Wilmington, North Carolina, for “illegally selling unapproved, misbranded kratom-containing drug products with unproven claims about their ability to treat or cure opioid addiction and withdrawal symptoms.”

Allergan will be acquired by AbbVie for approximately $63 billion in cash and stock, the two companies announced in a press release.

President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order Monday afternoon that seeks to make certain health care prices more affordable.

Legally mandating naloxone coprescriptions for patients at high risk for opioid overdose was tied to a 7.75-fold increase in dispensed naloxone prescriptions, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Physician burnout continues to garner headlines in medical literature so much so that the WHO recently added it to their international diseases handbook as an occupational hazard. The earlier that this entity is recognized by oneself and in peers, the quicker we can implement wellness programs in our workplace to help combat it. Burnout cannot be solved individually; it requires an all-hands-on-deck team effort.

Amgen, Merck, Eli Lilly and the Association of National Advertisers sued the Trump administration last week, seeking to avoid complying with an HHS rule that requires including the list prices of certain prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer television advertisements.

The struggle clinicians face in helping their patients, performing their required paperwork and maintaining a family life, all while maintaining mental and emotional health, while not new, has grown more challenging in recent years.