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ATA airs concerns about DEA's proposed special telehealth registration 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"This requirement does not account for unique needs of specialized providers such as psychiatrists and pain management specialists, both of whom routinely prescribe Schedule II substances within the course of their practice. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. The Trust for America’s Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on public health and healthy communities.

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How Public Health Crises Have Advanced Medical Technologies

InTouch Health

Once the worst of the pandemic was over, several countries changed their approach to healthcare, essentially reorganizing every aspect of public health. As the world continues to respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, learn how some public health crises shaped the evolution of medical technology.

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Physician Practice Roundup—Surgeon General says more people should carry naloxone; FDA head suggests mandatory opioid education for doctors

FierceHealthIT

Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, M.D.,

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Haiku as a path to resilience in the COVID-19 era: #HaikuChallenge20

Society for Participatory Medicine

I have just finished co-teaching a month-long elective on the topic of pain to a group of rising 4th year medical students. All humans will experience pain in their lives, some of us more than others, but pain is a universal experience of being mortal.

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Top 3 Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) in Solving the Opioid Crisis

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Since then, increased prescription of opioid medications by health care providers led to widespread misuse of prescription and non-prescription opioids until it became evident that these medications could indeed be highly addictive. from 2016 through 2017, which led to HHS declaring a public health emergency in 2017.

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Clinical Value of Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health

Lloyd Price

Applications Digital phenotyping has immense potential in various fields, including: Mental health: Early detection of conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Public health: Studying the spread of infectious diseases and identifying risk factors.