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When sponsored CDS is a crime …

Docnotes

In 2008 I was the CMIO at Allscripts. Interesting: * On April 8, 2019 the following Pain Management CDS advisories were removed from the EHR: Patient should be assessed for pain. Document pain scale in the flowsheets section of the encounter. Patient has chronic pain and should be assessed.

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How Public Health Crises Have Advanced Medical Technologies

InTouch Health

After the 2008 Recession, many middle-aged and older Americans struggled with addiction and overdose. Health officials embraced new treatment methods for coping with chronic pain, including physical therapy and less addictive pain medications, to curb the use of opioids. The Opioid Crisis.