Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe Paxlovid. Good idea?
BY ANISH KOKA
Apparently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that has long been charged with the safety and efficacy of drugs and devices now also controls who can prescribe drugs.
I was under the mistaken impression that in our highly rule based society you would need to pass a law to allow that to happen. Passing laws , of course, can be a long, messy, process that involves having to convince constituencies, and ruling by executive order is just way more efficient apparently.
So by decree of the FDA patients can now get Paxlovid, an anti-viral for the virus that causes COVID19, “directly from...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Primary Care COVID-19 FDA Paxlovid Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: The fall of Judah
The last two chapters of the Book of Kings are more or less historically accurate, although the story is a bit muddled in that Judah appears to be conquered twice, first in this chapter and again in the next. It is true that Judah was for a time a vassal kingdom, then it rebelled and Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took its leading citizens into captivity in Babylon, but the story seems to be duplicated. Maybe there ' s some historical accuracy to this, or maybe it ' s just the usual two versions of the same story phenomenon. In case you ' re wondering what happened to Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar conquered it, and also ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 21, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
THCB Gang Episode 101, Thursday August 18, 1pm PT- 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) for the 101st #THCBGang on Thursday August 18 are medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); delivery & platform expert Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis); THCB regular writer and ponderer of odd juxtapositions Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard);
You can see the video below & if you’d rather listen than watch, the audio is preserved as a weekly podcast available on our iTunes & Spotify channels. (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdul Ghafar Tags: THCB Gang Kim Bellard Matthew Holt Michael Millenson Mike Magee Vince Kuraitis Source Type: blogs
A Dream Day at The Beach
BY MIKE MAGEE
Senator Lindsey Graham (R.,S.C.) is on summer recess. A consummate professional politician, and war hardened lawyer, Sen. Graham has made a career out of flipping on a dime. His moral calculus has been flexible enough to wiggle and weave, and switch sides if cornered.
In a dream, I caught a glimpse of him reading on one of his state’s beautiful beaches. He was juggling a weighty 1215 page classic – Leo Tolstoy’s “War & Peace” in one hand, and a yellow highlight marker in the other.
He looked a bit on edge, maybe because this week a federal judge refused to block a subpoena see...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Politics 2020 Election Donald Trump Lindsay Graham Mike Magee Source Type: blogs
How Common Has Private Currency Been?
Lawrence H. WhiteRecently, an investment advisor and Bitcoin proponenttweeted the claim that “[f]or most of human history” the “[s]eparation of money and state was the norm, even if the state stamped their ruler’s face on the coin.” Some strong disagreement (and some strong support) followed the tweet. The mostcategorical criticism asserted: “Money is and always has been a creation of government. ” A somewhat milder challenge asserted that “Private moneys have seldom been main media of exchange.”First, let ’s clarify the object of the discussion. If we define “money” the way that economist...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Lawrence H. White Source Type: blogs
Long COVID cardiac studies: More questions than answers.
BY ANISH KOKA
The NIH recently announced $1.2 billion dollars in funding for research on Long COVID. This is in part because of a faction of scientists that have mined electronic health record databases to find evidence that the long term impacts of COVID on a variety of different organ systems is significant.
I have some concerns when it comes to the cardiac complications discussed related to Long COVID.
One of Dr. Al-Aly’s long COVID papers illustrates the issues with using large datasets to differentiate signal from noise. The authors used the US Department of Veterans Affairs national healthcare datab...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy cardiac long covid studies NIH Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 11, 2022 Edition-----It is hard to go past just how bad the level strategic stability in the world seems to have gone backwards with the war hardly stopping, Nancy Pelosi poking Chinese bears. The UK imploding economically and Europe on the brink of collapse.I have never seen it this bas and many senior commentators agree. Really very worrying!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/newspoll-record-electoral-satisfaction-rating-for-anthony-albanese/news-story/6ad1f681586961423e3eb75a05b99949Newspoll: Record electoral satisfaction rating for Anthony AlbaneseSimon BensonJuly 31, 2022Anthony Alba...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
On American Pickers and some homeless treasures of the occupational therapy profession
Many people accumulate stuff, and people ascribe varying levels of value to their stuff. Some people can ' t part with stuff because of sentimental feelings. Some people can ' t part with stuff because it represents adeeper psychological affliction. We havecultural movements now that address the problematic relationships that people have with their stuff.I initiated an Ebay hobby recently. There is nothing like the death of parents and the associated task housecleaning that prompts assessment of the value of earthly goods. I have had quite a bit of fun selling things that I no longer wanted.I am a f...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - August 9, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Tags: history OT Education OT practice Source Type: blogs
How to Mitigate Ethical Challenges of AI-Driven Healthcare
The following is a guest article by Natalie C. Oehlers, Associate Attorney and Carly C. Koza, Healthcare Associate Attorney at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
While various legislation has been implemented or proposed at both the federal and state levels to standardize and accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), most stop short of addressing the significant ethical challenges that may arise. Now, more than ever, it is important for developers, manufacturers, and healthcare providers to remain vigilant as it relates to ethics surrounding AI.
How AI Improves the Healthcare Industry
AI is a powerful...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Artificial Intelligence Carly C. Koza ethics Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Ethics Informed Consent Natalie C. Oehlers Source Type: blogs
Pre-Visit Clinical Intake Automation Company Health Note Nabs $17M in Funding Round
SignalFire, UnityPoint, Northwell Holdings, Cedars-Sinai back innovations in documentation automation to improve care delivery for clinicians and patients
Health Note, the pre-visit clinical intake automation platform that uses digital patient intake to prepare clinical notes for providers ahead of patient visits, announces the close of a $17 million Series A financing round led by SignalFire. SignalFire is joined by UnityPoint Health, Northwell Holdings, the for-profit arm of Northwell Health focused on investment in early stage/growth opportunities, strategic partnerships and the cultivation of internal innovations that ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Health Note James Laur Jill Kalman Joshua Reischer Matthew Warrens Northwel Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 8 August, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Really just a lot of bits and pieces this week. Not a great deal of inspirational stuff!Sadly we see lots of spurious emissions from the ADHA wanting to tell people living at the extremities of Australia how to tweak the privacy settings of the #myHR that they don ’t care about. Staggering that this is all we hear from such an a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Lou Lasagna and the MIC “Integrated Career Ladder” – More Than Just A “Revolving Door.”
BY MIKE MAGEE
The New York Times recently shinned a light on the FDA’s top science regulator of the tobacco industry, Matt Holman, who announced his retirement after 20 years to join Phillip Morris. As they noted, “To critics, Dr. Holman’s move is a particularly concerning example of the ‘revolving door’ between federal officials and the industries they regulate…”
As a Medical Historian, I’ve never been a fan of the casual “revolving door” metaphor because it doesn’t quite capture the highly structured and deliberate attempts of a variety of academic medical scientists over a number of decade...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Federal Land Reform: Underused Housing Affordability Tool?
Vanessa Brown CalderThroughout the pandemic, people have poured into states in the south and intermountain west, including states like Idaho, Arizona, and Utah. According to Census Bureau estimates, areas including Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah sustained some of thehighest net migration increases during the 2020 –2021 period.Figure 1. U.S. regional migration, 2020 –2021, numbers in thousandsSource note: Net internal migration encompasses migration to/ from U.S. states. Net migration includes migration from abroad. California has some of the highest outbound migration of any state; this depresses net migratio...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 4, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Vanessa Brown Calder Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 04, 2022 Edition-----The war seems to grind on sadly and Pres. Biden is having a second round with COVID as unprecedented weather happens all over the US. It all feels rather like ‘the end of days’!In the UK we see an increasing chance of a third female PM being elected as the country seems to be struggling. We do need to remember however the UK remains a significant power with nuclear weapons and home-grown nuclear submarines!In OZ we have had last week working out how to progress the First Nations ‘Voice’ as we wrap up the 1st session of Parliament for the new Government. Comments welcome on how you think ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Plagiarism
It ' s a bit puzzling, but 2 kings 19 and Isaiah 37 are essentially identical. Isaiah is a bit player here, but he gets a whole book later on, and this chapter is in it. I ' m not into the weeds of biblical scholarship, but as I understand it the Book of Isaiah is cobbled together, apparently by three different authors, and one of them lifted this. As I said last time, there is no historical record of an outright defeat of Sennacherib in his Levantine campaign, but there is some indication that sickness in his camp may have discouraged him from actually entering Jerusalem. Just a reminder that until the last few chapters, ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 3, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
