Misguided Opioid Narrative Takes On More Water
Jeffrey A. SingerThe seemingly unsinkable prevailing narrative that the opioid overdose crisis was caused by health care practitioners ‘hooking” their pain patients on opioids just took on more water.Researchers in the surgery departments at Case Western Reserve University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and American University of Antigua College of Medicine expected that opioids used to manage pain in trauma patients would lead to a higher rate of injury‐related deaths—including the subcategories of suicide, homicide, and “unintentional deaths” (a leading cause of which is drug overdoses). Using sta...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 6, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Preventing suicide in England: fifth progress report of the cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives
This report details the steps taken to reduce deaths by suicide since 2019. It sets out the data and evidence on suicide and self-harm; the progress made against existing commitments designed to prevent suicides and self-harm; and further actions for government and its agencies, particularly in the context of Covid-19.Report (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 29, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Some specific thoughts on gun safety
Thanks for the comments on the previous post. That most of the media and political attention goes to the occasional mass shootings, while the daily toll of smaller scale incidents that account for the vast majority of firearm injuries and deaths is mostly ignored should not be surprising. It ' s front page news, sometimes for days, when an airliner goes down and a hundred people or more die, but the daily toll of motor vehicle deaths and injuries, which is a couple of orders of magnitude greater over time, is scarcely news at all. This is in part because of the sheer scale of the mass catastrophe events, a...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 26, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Is Health IT a Contributor to or a Solution for Staff Burnout? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 58
For the 58th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about burnout and health IT’s role in staff burnout. We all know that burnout has become a major issue in healthcare. Far too often we’re hearing of physician suicides and many doctors leaving their jobs because they’re burnt out. Plus, COVID has added another […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 22, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System LTPAC Gabe Charbonneau Health IT Podcasts Healthcare Burnout Healthcare Podcasts Physicia Source Type: blogs
Duchess vs. doctor: Why Meghan Markle ’s mental health matters to me
Whether you like her or not, Meghan is speaking openly about suicide. For that, I am thankful. In her interview with Oprah, The Duchess of Sussex shared her suicidal thoughts—and how she was obstructed from mental health care, told to “tough it out” and keep smiling. The Duchess needed a doctor. Yet doctors are reported to […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/pamela-wible" rel="tag" > Pamela Wible, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
