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Dr. Muhamad Aly Rifai is a Syrian American internist and psychiatrist and a clinician researcher known for describing the association between psychiatric disorders and hepatitis C. Dr. Rifai was recently acquitted on charges involving four cases of Medicare fraud, including billing one patient in two different hospitals at the same time and billing deceased patients. […]
We speak with physician champion Dr. Neil Anand about his journey to empower physicians disenfranchised by overzealous regulatory agents. #opioids #data #bias #discrimination #misconduct
We speak with esteemed chronic pain patient advocate, Dr. Richard “Red” Lawhern, to seek endorsements for his formal complaint against the authors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. #CDC #DEA #DOJ #opioids #misinformation #disinformation
We speak with patient advocate Kat H to garner support for HB5373, a legislative bill that has already passed unanimously in the Illinois House assembly and now appears in the Illinois Senate. To support this legislation, please do the following: (1) Call your state senator (yours can be found at www.openstates.org. Just go to the “resources” […]
We speak with Dr. Barbara Marino, who endured much injustice at the hands of the DEA and DOJ, which remain steadfastly adherent to misguided policies on opioid prescribing.
We follow her story from the initial investigation to the inevitable acquittal.
DEA #DOJ #opioids #CSA #physician #misconduct #criminal #justice #reform
We speak with Dr. Barbara Marino, who endured much injustice at the hands of the DEA and DOJ, which remain steadfastly adherent to misguided policies on opioid prescribing. We follow her story from the initial investigation to the inevitable acquittal. #DEA #DOJ #opioids #CSA #physician #misconduct #criminal #justice #reform https://youtu.be/76ev2Sp_JWk
Daily Remedy courses are now available for public consumption. We offer courses on matters of health and law. Please review the following link to learn more: https://www.daily-remedy.com/courses/
thedailyremedy #courses #medical #jurisprudence
Daily Remedy courses are now available for public consumption. We offer courses on matters of health and law. Please review the following link to learn more: https://www.daily-remedy.com/courses/ #thedailyremedy #courses #medical #jurisprudence
Dr. Jeffrey Singer and Professor Erec Smith discuss Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives in medical schools - and their potential limitations.
We discuss their latest article: Discrimination and Identity Politics Have No Place in Medical Education.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/04/discrimination-and-identity-politics-have-no-place-in-medical-education/
diversity #equity #inclusion #medical #education #liberal #critical #race
We discuss the voting power the health issue of abortion carries and how that affects both health policy and healthcare.
We discuss key findings from two prominent polls:
Gallup - https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx#:~:text=Line%20graph%20on%20the%20legality,be%20illegal%20in%20all%20circumstances
KFF Health - https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-march-2024-abortion-in-the-2024-election-and-beyond/
We conclude by discussing the counterintuitive nature of health policy and healthcare.
abortion #health #policy #healthcare #election #election2024 #trump #biden
Dr. Lynn Webster is a Senior Fellow at the Center for U.S. Policy; Associate Editor, Special Populations Section, Pain Medicine; Chief Medical Officer for PainScript; Author of the award-winning book, The Painful Truth Documentary; and Co-Producer of It Hurts Until You Die.
Dr. Webster is the principal investigator for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) award 5RC2DA028984-02, which is issued under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Webster is board certified in pain medicine, addiction medicine, and anesthesiology. He is also a senior editor of Pain Medicine and a peer reviewer for several professional journals.
The Opioid Risk Tool he developed can be found at the following link: https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/opioidrisktool.pdf
DEA #pain #addiction #health #policy #patient #care #research
We detail major changes taking place to the website in the coming weeks. And we welcome your input!
To let us know your thoughts, email us at: info@daily-remedy.com.
dailyremedy1 #medical #learning #perceptions #misinformation #disinformation
My name is Kristen Ogden and I advocate for chronic pain patients. My husband, Louis Ogden, is one of the chronic pain patients I’m talking about. Consider the fact that Louis has suffered from pain since he was a child. Some of you already know the background of our efforts to intervene in the case of DEA vs. Dr. David Bockoff.
If you don’t, we invite you to go first to https://www.daily-remedy.com/as-i-sat-in-court-watching-the-dea/ and to https://www. https://www.daily-remedy.com/a-patients-plea-for-justice/.
If you have pain, or you know someone who does, or fear some day you will have pain, as we all age, then you may want to consider what we’re doing in court. The why of our cause is straightforward. We are seeking justice for doctors to use their skills and justice for pain patients who desperately need relief from unremitting pain. In our fight with the DEA administrator and the relevant courts, we knew we had to retain counsel. When I first spoke to John P. Flannery, a former federal prosecutor, and special counsel on the Hill, and trial lawyer for decades, Mr. Flannery asked what outcome did we wish. Without hesitation, I said, individually and collectively we want the right to be let alone, to have access to pain medications for my husband, Louis, and for all of these patients in the same straits. That’s what we want. Mr. Flannery launched our effort with our full support with a Motion to Intervene in the case of DEA vs. David Bockoff, as “interested persons,” suffering because Dr. Bockoff was cut off summarily from continuing our pain prescriptions. We hoped to get the prescriptions we needed for our unremitting pain, and to exonerate Dr. Bockoff so he could get back to work caring for his patients. Prescriptions for controlled pain medications can only be possible if there’s a qualified pain specialist to write the scrips … preferably one who is knowledgeable, compassionate, and who “gets it” about chronic pain and the patients who suffer from it. We filed the Motion to Intervene, and, as expected, the DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denied our motion.
Now we need more funds to continue our fight!
DEA #administrative #law #DOJ #Flannery #opioids #opioid #crisis
Dana Corriel, MD, is a traditionally-trained physician who swapped clinical practice for digital entrepreneurship for innovation. After discovering she had a talent for design; unique content creating, during a short break from clinical medicine, she decided to “pay it forward” in her field of healthcare, and build an online platform that promoted doctors' ideas; businesses. Corriel’s SoMeDocs was born.
Today, she helps individuals AND companies alike to figure out next-steps in the online world. The ultimate mission of her company and work is to promote the autonomy of doctors everywhere, build a strong community of forward-thinking professionals, and provide well-needed networking in her field. To learn more about SoMeDocs, select the following link: https://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/
We discuss Dr. Arthur Lazarus's latest book: Medicine on Fire: A Narrative Travelogue.
https://www.amazon.com/Medicine-Fire-Arthur-Lazarus-MBA/dp/1663257272
Arthur Lazarus is a former Doximity Fellow, a member of the editorial board of the American Association for Physician Leadership, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He is the author of Every Story Counts: Exploring Contemporary Practice Through Narrative Medicine and Medicine on Fire: A Narrative Travelogue.
lazarus #doximity #medicine #fire
We speak with Miss Tiffany Ryder about her experiences treating patients in rural emergency departments and her thoughts on future trends in direct primary care.
Tiffany Ryder is an NFL Cheerleader turned Emergency Medicine PA and is passionate about facilitating access to affordable primary care. She is a founding partner of Direct Care Connect, a non-profit healthcare delivery model with a vision to provide direct primary care services to underserved and uninsured communities in the US. She writes and speaks frequently on her personal and clinical experiences highlighting the need for expanded access to patient education and services in these populations.
To learn more about her work, select the following link: https://www.tiffanyryder.com/
tiffanyryder #direct #primary #care #concierge #medicine
We speak with Dr. Steven Charlap, a highly accomplished physician entrepreneur who's the CEO and founder of Soap Health: https://soap.health/
SOAP Health provides innovative and effective solutions that make a real difference in the lives of patients and healthcare providers. The application has the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered.
AI #medical #errors #clinical #decisions #futurist #Steven #Charlap
We speak with Dr. Una, founder of EntreMD and the EntreMD business school, the only business school for physician entrepreneurs who are committed to building 6-, 7-, and multiple-7-figure businesses so they can have the freedom to live life and practice medicine on their terms.
To learn more, select the links below:
https://entremd.com/
https://program.www.entremd.com/ebs-registration
entremd #physician #entrepreneur #doctrepreneur
We speak with Dr. Arlen Meyers, founder of Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE) about his entrepreneurial journey and why he started SoPE.
SoPE accelerates innovations to improve healthcare. SoPE seeks to empower doctors, other healthcare providers and entrepreneurs with the information, resources, connections, and experience they need to commercialize their ideas, inventions and discoveries.
To learn more, select the following link: https://sopenet.org/
physician #entrepreneur #doctrepreneur #SoPE
Daily Remedy is proud to announce a partnership with Real Clear Politics (RCP). We will present RCP healthcare polls and glean your feedback on whether you believe the polls accurately reflect your generally assumed perceptions.
Remember, healthcare may be understood through statistics and data. But it's lived through the perceptions of patient experiences.
realclearpolitics #surveys #questionnaire #polls #patient #perceptions
We speak with Dr. Brittany Busse and learn about her new startup, ViTel Health
Dr. Brittany Busse has over five years of experience in Executive Physician Leadership and in developing processes and technology specific for Telemedicine. As a physician leader, Dr. Busse is a vocal advocate for the well-being of both providers and patients. She has been a featured expert and contributor for a variety of local, regional and national media publications.
Her curiosity for innovation and technology and her excitement for improving the healthcare system is contagious. As the president and CMO of ViTelHealth, she is dedicated to improving healthcare delivery and organizing digital health tools that augment the patient-provider connection and improve outcomes so that everyone can thrive. When she is not promoting change in healthcare, she enjoys practicing and teaching yoga and meditation, creating gourmet plant-based meals for herself and her partner, and hiking in Northern California with her rescue dog, Cabernet.
To learn more about ViTel Health, please select the following link: https://www.vitelhealth.com/
chronic #CCM #RPM #primary #care #innovations #myvitelhealth
Robyn’s career has spanned the medical device industry and includes director of clinical research administration, and regulatory and quality roles. She has also participated in the development of marketing, educational, and patient-centered programs primarily in the sleep industry. Her focus is on the patient’s therapeutic journey and reducing burdens of care through support and education, health literacy, and the impact of social determinants of health.
To learn more about Sleep World Magazine, select the following link: https://sleepworldmagazine.com/.
For those interested in writing, please contact Robyn Woidtke at: robyn@sleeplabmagazine.com.
sleep #hygiene #apnea #lab #sleepworldmag
Launched in February 2023, the Health Care Litigation Tracker is a free digital resource that tracks and analyzes health care litigation in the United States. The tracker contains current health policy litigation cases, with an emphasis on health care access, coverage, affordability,transparency, and equity.
Founded in 2007, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law is a research institute based at Georgetown Law focused on public and private law in health policy analysis.
Zachary Baron is a director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at the O’Neill Institute. He focuses on providing technical assistance for policymakers and public education on health policy legal issues with an emphasis on access to coverage, affordability, transparency, and equity.
Cases discussed in the conversation are:
American College of Pediatricians et al. v. Becerra et al.
https://litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/litigation/american-college-of-pediatricians-et-al-v-becerra-et-al-2/
Barrows et al v. Humana, Inc.
https://litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/litigation/barrows-et-al-v-humana-inc/
Eli Lilly and Company et al. v. U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services et al.
https://litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/litigation/eli-lilly-and-company-et-al-v-u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services-et-al/
health #law #oneillinstitute #georgetown #policy
Emily Ullrich is a former professor of Communication Arts and Founder of Nairobi Film Institute, a nonprofit organization she created and where she taught filmmaking to college aged youth in Nairobi, Kenya for free. She was sick for many years before she was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis, Endometriosis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in 2015, and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in 2019, and has had to adapt her lifestyle according to her medical issues.
According to a study published in 2019, roughly 70% of patients diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos are women.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858200/#:~:text=We%20found%206021%20individuals%20(men,a%20practice%20of%205000%20patients.
Diagnostic criteria for the disease can be found at the following link:
https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hEDS-Dx-Criteria-checklist-1.pdf
interstitial #cystitis #endometriosis #CRPS #Ehlers #Danlos
Dr. Jay K Joshi, editor of Daily Remedy, gives a presentation on implicit biases that appear when health providers decide whether to prescribe opioids for chronic pain.
He uses philosophical frameworks and qualitative methodologies to elucidate the nature of implicit biases in the clinical context.
PAINWeek #chronic #pain #burden #implicit #biases
CSI:OPIOIDs (Clinical Context of Suicide Following OpioidTransitions) is a scientific research study to closely examine suicides that have occurred after prescription opioid dose reductions in patients with long-term pain. The team will look at 110-120 suicides, split between those individuals who were Veterans of the US armed forces and people who were not Veterans.
The CSI:OPIOIDs team will:
- Compile a registry of people who have died by suicide following a reduction or stoppage in their opioid medication.
- Perform in-depth, one on one interviews with survivors of individuals who have died by suicide after opioid transition tounderstand what led their loved-one to die by suicide, and review medical records when they are obtainable.
- Identify factors common to these individuals prior to their death and suggest ways to reduce likelihood that future patientswill die by suicide under similar circumstances.
The approach used in this study, psychological autopsy, offers a descriptive portrait of each death. The resulting insights will help health systems, policy makers, and prescribers make better decisions to prevent these tragedies. There is a website for thegeneral public and a separate one for persons who wish to enter the study.
To learn more about the study or if you are interested inparticipating, please select the following: https://www.csiopioids.org/.
Stefan #Kertesz #patient #suicide #opioid #tapering
Jaime Sanchez has worn many hats throughout her life, but her favorite role is being a mother. She has a diverse background, having studied and worked in fields like nursing, physical therapy, criminal justice, and early elementary teacher education, as well as home-business ownership, management, waitressing, and human resources, not in chronological order.
Jaime is a volunteer hostess and graphic assistant of the show “DocToks with Dr. Forest Tennant and Friends”, offering her help in the pain and addiction communities. She dreams of the day these communities unite to stand together. She hopes all people will recognize that anyone could face similar challenges, especially due to an accident, injury, or unexpected illness.
She recently wrote an article for Daily Remedy, Pain Upon Pain: https://www.daily-remedy.com/pain-upon-pain/
Forest #Tennant #chronic #pain #patient #advocacy
To the chronic pain and hospice patient communities:
I have lived my life in MN growing up the youngest of five. My Mom was trained as a nurse but she was a stay at home Mom. I graduated high school in 1976 and got my BS in Animal Science at the U of MN. I started graduate school but never finished. I have spent the last 25 years of my life devoted to breeding and showing English Setter dogs. I live by myself in Minneapolis. My health issues started with knee surgery in college and I had ductal carcinoma at age 27. Sadly I opted for implants and they caused many issues.
I went onto full time disability at age 36. I’ve been on LTOT since 1998. When I was going through the month of testing to find out why I was short of breath I started thinking that if the news wasn’t good at least I wouldn’t have to worry about losing access to my meds. How crazy is that to see a terminal diagnosis as a blessing. When they finally figured out it was AML and I have the worst mutations possible I knew I would choose hospice right away. My first hospice company was horrible. Their doctor drew a line in the sand and she refused to prescribe my OxyContin, and instead gave me MS Contin and cut my MME by 12%.
This put me into withdrawals. I was so sick from the meds. Even my pharmacist told the doctor that would put me into withdrawals. I fired that company and thankfully was put back on OxyContin. The new company has been bending over backwards to make sure I am as comfortable as I can be with the cancer that has spread to T11 and L3 and now my pelvis. I want to discuss end of life options, how we got to this place where even hospice patients are not guaranteed relief from their pain. It’s a crazy time and I’m afraid if we don’t start to see some change we will become an opioid free country as doctors will no longer be allowed to prescribe them.
Regards,
Laurie
If you have any questions, email her at: aerdensetters@comcast.net
To read about her advocacy, select the following link: https://www.daily-remedy.com/my-dying-wish/
assisted #suicide #death #hospice #end #life
Dr. Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, ACSH's Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Virginia, followed by postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania. His first career was in drug discovery research, mostly at Wyeth.
During this time he participated in research in a number of therapeutic areas, including diabetes and obesity, new antibiotics, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis C. His group discovered the novel antibiotic Tygacil®, which was approved by the FDA for use against resistant bacterial infections in 2005. He is the author of 25 patents, and 35 academic papers, including a chapter on new therapies for hepatitis C in Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery, and Development, 7th Edition (Wiley, 2010). Dr. Bloom joined the American Council on Science and Health in 2010 as Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The articles featured are:
DEA Chasing Its Tail Again: This Time, It's 'SyntheticCannabinoids'
https://www.acsh.org/news/2023/12/20/dea-chasing-its-tail-again-time-its-synthetic-cannabinoids-17523
Tylenol Plus Advil Combo: Innovation Or Exploitation?
https://www.acsh.org/news/2023/12/28/tylenol-plus-advil-combo-innovation-or-exploitation-17549
ACSH #Josh #Bloom #DEA #pharmaceutical #industry #American #Council #Science #Health
We discuss the importance of writing amicus curiae briefsfor major health legal cases appearing in state and federal courts.
Takeaways:
- Writing amicus curiae briefs is animportant way for physicians and the medical community to protect the rights ofpatients and healthcare providers.
- Amicus briefs are legal documentsfiled by individuals or organizations to support causes that have a bearing ona legal case.
- The broad application of law inhealth policy means that the rulings in specific cases can have far-reachingimplications for healthcare as a whole.
- Biased perspectives can influencehealthcare cases, leading to decisions that may not be in the best interest ofall patients.
- Personalized patient vignettes andclinical expertise can be powerful tools in writing amicus briefs andinfluencing legal decisions.
- The structure of amicus briefs canbe non-traditional and narrative-based, focusing on the philosophical andtheoretical aspects of healthcare.
- The concept of rights plays acrucial role in healthcare and law, and amicus briefs can help ensure thatthese rights are protected.
- Physicians can use amicus briefsto balance the complexity of medicine with the tendency to standardize andsimplify laws.
- Amicus briefs can address specificchallenges in healthcare cases, such as abortion, by presenting clinicalfundamentals and personalizing the adjudication process.
- The procedural steps forsubmitting an amicus brief include drafting the brief, preparing a motion forleave, and following the court's submission process.
- Clinically sound amicus briefs arelikely to face minimal opposition and can have a positive influence on legaloutcomes.
- Physicians are encouraged to getinvolved in legal cases and write amicus briefs to ensure that health lawreflects patient care and the best interests of the medical community.
Referenced legal documents:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GDG9984Fh3kYw5iEP0uuVfrx23LtAnbm/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hUldHS7ATQVG2kCXScjC9AKCoekjpddH/view?usp=sharing
health #law #abortion #opioids #gun #SCOTUS #amicus
We explain the origins and purpose of deductibles in health insurance plans.
insurance #deductibles #premium #copay #underwriting #risk #health
Dr. Joshi advises patients and the general public to be wary of inflammatory political rhetoric in the upcoming 2024 election cycle.
He explains how politicians will try to -
1. Oversimplify
2. Conflate
3. Polarize
- key health issues and health policy in order to galvanize voters and increase voter turnout. But remember, as Dr. Joshi cautions, what's good for the politician is not what's good for society!
polarization #misinformation #disinformation #election #politician #health #policy
We speak with Matt Papagno, the CEO of Clozex Medical. Clozex Medical, Inc. is an innovator in revolutionary skin closure technologies. Closures made with Clozex Medical technology are faster, safer, less expensive, and easier to use. They reduce infections and produce better cosmetic results than any other skin closure technology. They are the defining innovation in a new class of closures called coaptive films.
To learn more about Clozex Medical, select the following link:
https://www.clozex.com/
Clozex #Medical #wound #closure #healing
Dr. Jeffrey Singer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is a nationally recognized thought leader in health policy, particularly the harmful effects of drug prohibition.
He has written extensively about the importance of harm reduction and follows national and state policy closely.
The JAMA article cited during the podcast that questions the legitimacy of MME (Morphine Milligram Equivalents) is in the following link:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/358674
prohibition #drugs #overdose #fentanyl #carfentanil #nitazene #xylazine
Dr. David Lewis is an Anesthesiologist, Pain Management Specialist who fortunately or unfortunately is known for his medical acumen and legal experience. He was acquitted for prescribing opioids without legitimate medical cause and insurance fraud after a grueling, highly publicized legal battle. We discuss his case and analyze lessons we can learn.
pain #opioids #DOJ #DEA #crisis #injustice #criminal #justice #reform
We continue the conversation and delve further into opioid mortality statistics, exposing misrepresentations and debunking purported causal relationships between opioid prescriptions and mortality.
CDC articles referenced in podcast are as follows:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844400/
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6450a3.htm?s_cid=mm6450a3_w
Opioids #Overdose #Mortality #CDC #DEA #Data #Statistics
Dr. Parker's journey began with four years of dedicated service in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he earned accolades such as the Meritorious Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. His exceptional dedication led to acceptance into the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School and a subsequent role as a Minuteman II ICBM Commander within U.S. Space Command, earning further recognition, including the Presidential Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal, and the Air Force Achievement Medal. Transitioning into the medical field, Dr. Parker pursued studies at Mayo Medical School and joined the U.S. Medical Corps, ultimately achieving the rank of captain. Specializing in emergency medicine, he served as director of emergency medicine at two hospitals and founded an emergency medicine contracting company to save a floundering hospital from closure.
He now speaks out as an advocate for physicians and patients and embodies a rare blend of scientific expertise, military leadership, and medical acumen, contributing significantly to the advancement of space exploration and the betterment of human health and safety.
physician #advocacy #moral #injury #pain #opioids #DOJ #DEA #crisis
Dr. Adalja shares his thoughts on the current flu season and future trends in viral infectious diseases. He talks about vaccine misinformation and what he expects to see in 2024.
Dr. Adalja is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and an Affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity.
https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/who-we-are/our-people/amesh-adalja-md-fidsa
COVID #RSV #influenza #misinformation #disinformation #vaccines #trust
Drs. Red Lawhern and Stephen Nadeau discuss the statistics behind overdose mortality. They discern different causes of overdoses, differentiating prescription opioid deaths from other causes of overdose related deaths.
Their work appears in the Daily Remedy article: Understanding Contributors to US Drug-Related Mortality:
https://www.daily-remedy.com/understanding-contributors-to-us-drug-related-mortality/
Opioids #Overdose #Mortality #CDC #DEA #Data #Statistics
We interview the famed physician-writer, Dr. Gavin Francis. We discuss his latest book, Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence.
medical #literature #recovery #convalescence
We speak with Kim, who shares her story of medical neglect and patient abandonment. #burdenofpain
Milissa is a college graduate with a bachelor degree in Economics and played D1 tennis before moving on to the professional circuit. Due to many orthopedic injuries, she had no choice but to retire and began her business career in banking shortly thereafter. She quickly realized the industry wasn’t for her and accepted an entry-level […]
We speak with Mr. Bill Murphy, a chronic pain patient and patient advocate who helps other patients with chronic pain effectively navigate the clinical encounter.
burdenofpain #chronicpain
We speak with Mr. Tom Hayashi, a chronic pain patient advocate who strives to provide his wife, a chronic pain patient, the highest quality of life possible - often against all odds.
burdenofpain #chronicpain
We speak with Dr. Felix Brizuela, a physician fighting for medical autonomy after having his career and personal life destroyed by an overzealous inquiry into his clinical practice.
burdenofpain #opioids #physician #autonomy
We speak with Dr. Jane Orient, media contact for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). AAPS is a non-partisan professional association of physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country. Since 1943, AAPS has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the […]
We interview chronic pain patient Arianne Grand Gassaway about her experiences as a chronic pain patient and as a mother of a daughter with substance use dependency.
To discuss her opinion piece in Filter Magazine: https://filtermag.org/drug-seeker-pain-patients/
Her Twitter handle is: ravensspirit68
chronic #pain #advocacy #burdenofpain
We interview chronic pain patient Joe Love and learn about his story of love and advocacy.
chronic #pain #advocacy #burdenofpain
Kellie is a chronic pain patient who shares her story and what led her to become a chronic pain patient advocate. #chronic #pain #patient #advocacy
Brandon is a chronic pain patient who shares his story as a chronic pain patient. #chronic #pain #patient #advocacy
Dr. Stefan Kertesz is the principal investigator of CSI:OPIOIDs (Clinical Context of Suicide Following Opioid Transitions), a scientific research study that examines suicides after prescription opioid dose reductions in patients with long-term pain. Beginning as a pilot study supported by UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, today it’s supported by a Veterans Administration […]
We speak with Miss Anne Fuqua, a nurse by training who was among the first chronic pain patients to record patient suicides. Her efforts led to the first study analyzing the impact of pain on suicide risk.
To learn more about this study, select the following link: https://sites.uab.edu/csiopioids/
chronic #pain #advocacy #suicide
We speak with Miss Barby Ingle at the BRAIN & PAIN Summit about her advocacy and her personal story.
To learn more about her, select the following link: http://barbyingle.com/
chronic #pain #advocacy
We interview a chronic pain patient who has lived with her clinical conditions for over a decade. She is active in her local community and speaks on behalf of both chronic pain and substance use dependency patients. #chronic #pain #dependency #advocacy
Miss Pat Irving is a former nurse and chronic pain patient who has seen the worst of health policy in the ongoing opioid crisis. #opioids #chronic #pain #patient
Jessica is a chronic pain patient who is struggling to control her pain while fighting a health system bent on disenfranchising her at every turn.
Please note that discussions of suicide and euthanasia are discussed in this video. We strongly encourage Jessica and all others who may be experiencing thoughts of suicide to seek counseling and medical therapy.
If you are interested in learning more about suicide prevention, please contact us at info@daily-remedy.com.
We hope by raising awareness through individual stories, we can prevent those with suicidal ideations from following through.
opioids #CDC #DEA #suicide #prevention
Ashley Rodgers is a mother, wife and former healthcare worker. Additionally, she is a chronic pain patient of almost 30 years, who has been initiating legislative efforts to protect people in pain and their providers on both the state and national levels since the 2016 CDC Guidelines interrupted her pain management treatment in 2017.
opioids #CDC #DEA
We discuss Miss Pattani’s reporting on opioid settlements, highlighting the advocacy of patients most affected. Through KFF Health News, she leads an initiative to track how opioid settlement funds are allocated. Miss Aneri Pattani is a national correspondent with KFF Health News, where she reports on a broad range of public health topics, including mental […]
We speak with Miss Kristen Ogden, patient advocate and newly minted legal expert who has filed the first motion to intervene from a patient advocacy group on behalf of her physician, Dr. David Bockoff, in an opioid prescribing related case.
The case number is: USCA Case #23-1007.
To learn how you can file a motion to intervene on behalf of your physician who you believe is unjustly targeted by the DEA, please contact Kristen directly: kristenogden@prodigy.net.
DEA #patient #advocacy
We speak with Mr. Jacob James Rich, who wrote an article in Reason Magazine - The Fight To Criminalize Opioid Prescribing - which provides a synopsis of his seminal work published in the Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia.
We discuss the article in depth, gleaning important insights on how opioid data is mischaracterized to arrive at contrived narratives of physician over-prescribing.
Mr. Jacob James Rich is a researcher at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Value-Based Care Research, a Ph.D. student at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
https://reason.com/2023/02/10/the-fight-to-criminalize-opioid-prescribing/
https://ylpr.yale.edu/inter_alia/misinformed-misguided-prescription-abuse-prevention-act-response-delfino
opioid #epidemic #data #fallacy
Dr. Whyte is a three time author and the chief medical officer of WebMD. We discuss his latest book, Take Control of Your HeartDisease Risk.
To purchase a copy, select the following link.
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Control-Your-Heart-Disease/dp/0785240691
WebMD #heart #disease
We catch up with Dr. Linda Cheek to glean her thoughts on the DEA’s continuing encroachment into healthcare in a post-Ruan world. Please visit her personal site at the following link. You can also visit the Doctors of Courage site at the following link. #opioids #DEA #patient #advocacy
Dr. Sharma is an Obstetrics & Gynecology specialist and a Physician Life Coach, as well as a Personal Coach. She is also a telehealth physician for Maven Clinics. She is active on social media, particularly on Instagram, where you can find her at “busyobmama”. https://www.instagram.com/busyobmama/?hl=en
Dr. Gragossian is a dual board certified physician specializing in Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Medicine. But her journey as a patient may be more interesting than her life as a physician. She writes in her blog, A Change of Heart, “On December 21, 2018, I almost died.” She required an urgent heart transplant after […]
Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH, serves as the policy director for the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention. He leads the organization in coordinating, developing, and advocating for evidence-informed policy to end community violence. Besides this role, he continues to practice as an emergency physician and fellowship director in health policy with the University of Maryland School […]
Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, is a widely respected surgeon and public health expert. As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers built an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His efforts […]
Dr. Jeffrey Singer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is a nationally recognized thought leader in health policy, particularly the harmful effects of drug prohibition. He has written extensively about the importance of harm reduction. He recently published a report titled, “Cops Practicing […]
Dr. Houston is an emergency medicine physician and a physician entrepreneur with a strong social media presence. She is a national thought leader on physician autonomy and self-sovereign identity in healthcare. Her latest venture is HPEC. HPEC is the physician-facing decentralized identity and the credential wallet for the physician community. Physicians are the credential holders […]
Dr. Unachukwu is the bestselling author of the EntreMD Method, host of the EntreMD Podcast and member of the Forbes Business Council. She helps physicians achieve professional autonomy and financial independence by training them to be entrepreneurs. Her website is: https://entremd.com/
Dr. Anand is an Anesthesiologist and former Marine who found himself at the crossroads of the government’s misguided approach to the opioid epidemic. He has become a thought leader in health data analytics and its role in healthcare.
Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, is a widely respected surgeon and public health expert. As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers built an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His efforts have expanded trauma care on the South Side.
Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH, serves as the policy director for the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention. He leads the organization in coordinating, developing, and advocating for evidence-informed policy to end community violence. Besides this role, he continues to practice as an emergency physician and fellowship director in health policy with the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His interest in violence prevention stems from his emergency medicine residency in Philadelphia, where he volunteered with the Healing Hurt People program. Dr. Fischer possesses health policy experience with both non-profit organizations and state and federal legislatures, including in Wisconsin, Maryland, and the United States House of Representatives. He received a combined MD-MPH from the University of Wisconsin. Currently, he works clinically at University of Maryland Medical Center and University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center.
Dr. Edwin Leap is an emergency physician with 24 years of experience. He is a well known communicator and a successful columnist, writing about everything from medicine to family, faith to culture and everything in between.
Mr. Omar Khateeb is an innovator in a field where traditional reigns. Starting as a device sales rep, Mr. Khateeb has carved a niche as a thought leader in the space of medical device sales. He advocates for social media in medical device sales and has the tract record to prove it. He is the host of two podcasts, The State of Medtech and Mind Loom, and is an active presence on social media, particularly LinkedIn.
Miss Kirubanandan, affectionately known as Simi, Smriti Kirubanandan is an experienced healthcare strategist with 14 years of work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and innovation.
She is a board member of the Word Food Bank, where she focuses on equity and equality in the space of nutritious food and making an impact to improve public health by eradicating hunger and improving food policy.
She is the executive producer of the HLTH Forward Podcast and contributor to MedCity News.
Mr. Michael Johnson is a lawyer who specializes in physician contracts. He has an active social media presence where he can be found educating physicians on best practices when it comes to negotiating and signing contracts. He is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin and Louisiana, and graduated from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dr. Virk is a Neurologist trained in interventional spine and pain management who founded the startup, MediSprout.
MediSprout connects doctors with their patients using secure two-way video through a platform that can be downloaded onto a smart device or desktop. It promotes continuity of care by keeping doctors and patients better connected between visits, providing an easy way to refill prescriptions, review test results, ask questions or simply check in on a care plan.
He is the director of Experiential Learning and Clinical Assistant Professor at West Virginia University. He is actively involved in patient care and policy at the WVU Integrative Pain Management Center. And he is the host of the Pain Pod on the Pharmacy Podcast Network.
Today we discuss the implications of President Biden’s decision to issue a mass pardon for those with federal convictions for marijuana possession.
Patient, activist, and lobbyist, Miss Stewart uses her experience as a patient to garner experience as a public policy advocate for chronic pain patients. She has an unusually high success rate in enacting legislation at the state and federal level. Recently she advocated for patient centric policies at the CDC.
Kathleen J. O’Shea, Professor of English at Monroe Community College (Rochester, N.Y.) is a 44-year migraine sufferer, has taken her passion for literature and her chronic illness to create So Much More than A Headache: Understanding Migraine through Literature. Kathy has transitioned from being a migraine patient to one who wants to combine her life experience and her professional expertise to help migraine sufferers understand they are not alone, and for those who are fortunate not to suffer from this condition, to become more empathetic and understanding of those who do.
Mr. Breen is the connecting superhero for every visionary-, investment-, abundance-mindset entrepreneur who shares their stories with the world. He is the CEO of BrEpic Communications and BrEpic Network, and of course, the author of Epic Life.
We speak with Mr. JeVon McCormick, CEO of Scribe Media and author of Modern Leader. Mr. He helps individuals from a variety of backgrounds write, publish, and market their books. Scribe Media has worked with over 1700 authors, including members of The Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Nassim Taleb and David Goggins, whose blockbuster book Can’t Hurt Me has sold over 2 million copies.
To learn more about Mr. McCormick, please select the following link.
https://jevonmccormick.com/
To purchase his latest book, Modern Leader, please select the following link.
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Leader-JeVon-McCormick-ebook/dp/B0B45FWYXP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SZ1F0Q6FCI2I&keywords=jevon+mccormick+modern+leader&qid=1656528934&sprefix=jevon+mccormick+modern+leader%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1
We speak with Sam Lacrosse, author of Value Economics: The Study of Identity and a commercial cloud executive at Oracle. Sam LaCrosse is a nobody. He hasn't done anything amazing. He is not extraordinary or impressive. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry. He's just an ordinary guy from Cleveland, Ohio, who now lives an ordinary life in Austin, Texas. But if you want to check him out, he writes blogs on dontreadthisblog.com and hosts Don't Listen to This Podcast. Sam is the CEO and founder of Don't Do This, LLC, a company that makes no money. He is also a board member of Thrive Living Corporation and an ambassador for RallyCap Sports. This is his first book.
To purchase his latest book, Value Economics: The Study of Identity, please select the following link.
https://www.amazon.com/Value-Economics-Identity-Sam-LaCrosse-ebook/dp/B0B47W6845
Dr. Joshi speaks with bankers at BMO Harris to discuss financial literacy among patients with substance use dependency.
We discuss trends in the comments that have appeared in response to the draft version of the updated clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.
Richard A. Lawhern, PhD, is a technically trained non-physician with 20 years of experience in peer-to-peer patient support groups for chronic pain patients. His work and commentaries have been published or featured at the US Trigeminal Neuralgia Association, The American Council on Science and Health, The Journal of Medicine of the National College of Physicians, the National Institutes for Neurological Disorder and Stroke, among others.
We discuss the many layers of bureaucracy within federal organizations like the CDC and FDA, and reveal how those layers allow for undue corporate influence and counterintuitive policies.
The Chronic Illness Advocacy & Awareness Group, Inc. (CIAAG) is a national non-profit organization focused on Public-Private-Partnership initiatives within the Healthcare Sector. CIAAG acts as a liaison between the public, lawmakers and other stakeholders to facilitate productive discussion and provide recommendations to address the knowledge gaps and inconsistencies within the Public-Private-Partnerships that are influencing access to care and healthcare as a whole in America.
Today we are here with Dr. Thomas Kline and Jonelle Elgaway, of the National Pain Council, a citizen's group with no ties to any university, drug company, corporate entity, or government entity, operating solely as an independent entity to provide facts and write papers in support for legislative change over the opioid epidemic.
Dr. Thomas Kline is the Chief Medical Adviser and Miss Jonelle Elgaway is the Executor Director of the National Pain Council.
We discuss the current state of fear that has come to define opioid policy and legislation. We conclude by identifying opportunities for patients affected by harmful laws and policies to get involved with the National Pain Council.
We discuss the rise in retractions among academic publications, and the pandemic's impact on retractions in clinical journals over the last two years.
Mr. Marcus is a health journalist with over 25 years of experience in science, health, medicine. He is the Editorial Director for Primary Care at Medscape. He is also the Co-founder of Retraction Watch, a blog focusing on issues of research integrity and science publishing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Nature, among other outlets.
We discuss Dr. John Whyte's latest book, Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk, and reveal what it offers patients struggling with diabetes.
Dr. Whyte is the Chief Medical Officer, WebMD. He leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues. Prior to WebMD, Whyte served as the director of professional affairs and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
We discuss Miss Haelle's struggles to overcome vaccine misinformation during the pandemic. As a journalist, she often found herself at odds with physicians despite her extensive track record of health journalism and research on vaccines.
Miss Haelle is a science and multimedia journalist who specializes in reporting on vaccines and other matters of public health, pediatric and maternal health, and mental health, among other topics. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, Scientific American, Medscape, and the Washington Post, just to name a few outlets. If you want to learn more about her writings and her journey as a writer, please visit her personal website - https://tarahaelle.net/.
We discuss Miss Lamb’s experiences during the pandemic and glean her thoughts on how it affected the quality of writing among journalists. She explains how disruptions in normal journalistic processes hamper accurate reporting and fact-checking.
Sandra Lamb is an award-winning author of many books, including; Writing Well for Business Success; 3000 Power Words and Phrases for Effective Performance; How to Write It: A Complete Guide to Everything You'll Ever Write; and Personal Notes How to Write from the Heart for Any Occasion. She is a former columnist for The Denver Post and former Rocky Mountain News, and she has written relationship/psychology articles for national women's magazines such as Family Circle and Woman's Day; and health care and science articles for such publications as Scientific American, AARP, and many others.
We discuss her journalism as a writer and lived experiences as a patient during the pandemic, chronicling a timeline of her work before and after she became symptomatic with COVID-19.
Miss Andrea King Collier has over 30 years of experience reporting on medicine, public health, health care and health care policy for national publications and news outlets, including NBC, Next Avenue, and Essence. Her work on health, education and family issues has appeared in O Magazine and AARP Magazine, among others.
She is the author of “Still With Me: A Daughter’s Journey of Love and Loss” and “The Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health”.
We discuss addiction policies in Rhode Island and demonstrate how political bureaucracies can influence the passing of addiction policy and law.
Mr. Tassoni is a former state senator from Rhode Island who currently serves as a vice president at the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council, and who is also a member of the Rhode Island Governor’s Task Force on Overdose Prevention and Intervention. He is the host of the show, RecoveryTV RI, which can be seen on myRITV.
We discuss health and equity in a post-pandemic world. While health and equity may be the future of medicine, its roots are firmly grounded in past disparities of healthcare. We show how past racially discriminatory practices in medicine manifest as subtle biases today.
Miss Leah Samuel is a health and equity editor for The Conversation. Previously she was a staff reporter for STAT. A journalist for over 25 years, her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country, including Harvard Magazine, Labor Notes, the Chicago Reporter, and PublicSource.org.
We discuss the oral arguments presented on March 1st in the seminal case, Ruan v. United States - arguably the most important case on opioid prescribing in decades, and a surefire bellwether for future opioid-related cases.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-1410.html
https://www.chapmanlawgroup.com/
We discuss the proposed changes to the CDC opioid prescribing guidelines and challenge the false notions around opioids, prohibition, and addiction. Dr. Singer shares the wisdom of his experiences as he discusses America's long history of struggling to understand addiction.
Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is President Emeritus and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics, the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona, and has been in private practice as a general surgeon for more than 35 years. He is a steadfast advocate for clinically sound drug policies, particularly that of harm reduction.
https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-singer
https://fedsoc.org/contributors/jeffrey-singer
We discuss Miss Schechtman's journey from a patient to a patient advocate, who through her platform now empowers patients suffering from chronic pain to speak about the injustices they face in today's healthcare system.
She has spent years chronicling the false opioid litigation narrative, and has learned how a select few physicians and policy makers led an entire nation down a path of misinformation.
To learn more about Miss Schechtman and her advocacy, please visit the The Doctor Patient Forum/Don’t Punish Pain site.
https://www.thedoctorpatientforum.com/component/tags/tag/don-t-punish-pain
We discuss the past, present, and future of healthcare journalism, gleaning lessons learned over the course of the pandemic to predict upcoming trends.
Mr. Levine has had one of the most prolific and storied careers as a healthcare journalist, writing for organizations ranging from pharmaceutical behemoths to national patient advocacy groups. During the pandemic, he actively combated vaccine misinformation through his writings and podcasts, and became a resource for many throughout the New York City healthcare system.
Science Writers in New York (SWINY) is composed of editors and writers who cover science and medicine in the print and electronic news media as well as public relations professionals who promote science.
https://www.swiny.org/
We discuss Dr. Dasgupta's research paper, Inches, Centimeters, and Yards, to learn about inconsistencies in the definition of Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) and how they have led to clinically harmful policies.
Dr. Mark Garofoli is a 2004 graduate from the Pitt School of Pharmacy and a 2008 graduate of the Strayer University MBA program, and is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP), Certified Pain Educator (CPE), and Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist (CTTs), with APhA certificate training in Immunizations and Medication Therapy Management (MTM).
He began his career as a pharmacist and in field management with CVS Health, then became an MTM pharmacist with Humana Healthcare, before initially joining the WVU School of Pharmacy by developing MTM and managed care pain management programs.
Dr. Garofoli created and coordinated the West Virginia Expert Pain Management Panel, which developed the West Virginia Safe & Effective Management of Pain (SEMP) Guidelines. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Experiential Learning for the WVU School of Pharmacy, along with being a Clinical Pain Management & Addiction Pharmacist at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management and Pain Fellowship Faculty for the WVU School of Medicine.
He is a 2021 TEDx Talk presenter and a recipient of the WV GenerationRx Award. Dr. Garofoli has consulted as CDC grant reviewer, an expert witness in multiple criminal and civil court cases, multiple advisory boards, and is the host of the Pain Pod on the Pharmacy Podcast Network - all while also developing and conducting presentations across the country revolving around pain management, substance-use disorder (addiction), substances of abuse, and drug diversion.
We discuss his experiences as an experiential instructor and clinical provider in the heart of the opioid epidemic.
Dr. John Whyte is a popular physician and writer who has been communicating to the public about health issues for nearly two decades. He is the Chief Medical Officer of WebMD, and the author of the new book, Take Control of Your Cancer Risk.
We discuss the state of healthcare media and glean his insights on trends to see in 2022.
Dr. Adalja is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and an Affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity.
We discuss his views on the pandemic - what we got right and what we got wrong - and how we can be better prepared in the future.
Dr. Yeldandi is the Director of SHARE India and an infectious disease specialist with over 25 years of experience in transplant-specific infectious diseases, public health policy, infection prevention, and patient safety.
Mr. Ron Chapman II began his career as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and was deployed to combat in Afghanistan. He achieved the rank of Captain before transitioning to law.
He graduated from Loyola School of Law, where he received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a concentration in health care compliance.
He quickly established himself as a premier healthcare defense counsel, and is among the few attorneys to have achieved trial acquittals on behalf of clients charged with healthcare financial fraud or improper opioid prescribing.
Dr. Goldfarb has been an advocate of disenfranchised patients for decades, beginning with the AIDS epidemic and continuing through the pandemic.
She now actively combats vaccine misinformation through the organization, This Is Our Shot, which has redefined effective healthcare communication during the pandemic.
Dr. Shajahan is leading the conversation on healthcare misinformation and overcoming vaccine hesitancy through a unique blend of policy leadership and patient communication.
We discuss insights gleaned through her experiences, to learn how pandemic misinformation has led to vaccine hesitancy.
Dr. Rotenstein is a primary care physician, healthcare leader, and researcher whose work focuses on care delivery innovation, physician wellbeing, including burnout and depression, and gender issues in medicine.
We speak with Miss Leonard, Chief Operating Officer of MashupMD, a healthcare news aggregation site designed to improve the experience of reading healthcare information online.
MashupMD is the premier medical news aggregator that is completely free of data-tracking algorithms, and optimized for rapid and efficient access to the latest headlines in the medical world.
To learn more about MashupMD, please select the link below:
https://mashupmd.com/category/latest-headlines/
There are victims and then there are leaders. Dr. London was supposed to be the former, but she has become the latter. After enduring years of erroneous claims made against her by the DEA and the Maine medical licensing board, she decided to take matters into her own hands by attending law school.
Now in her last year of law school, she intends on becoming a leader in opioid policy and medical jurisprudence.
We interview Dr. Danielle Ofri, a pioneer in narrative medicine and the editor in chief of Bellevue Literary Review (BLR). She transformed BLR from an outgrowth of New York University to an independent publishing house. Now BLR celebrates its twentieth anniversary.
To learn more about BLR, please select the link below:
https://blreview.org/
We interview TameraLynn Stewart, one of the most successful chronic pain advocates in the country, who turned her experiences with pain and cancer into public health advocacy. She authored Senate Bill 57 (SB57), which proved to be landmark legislation, making Oklahoma one of the first states to reverse course on poorly conceived opioid policies - turning against restrictive prescribing practices and towards patient centric opioid policies.
To learn more about her law, SB57, please select the link below:
https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2021/SB57/
We discuss Dr. Cifu's book, Ending Medical Reversal, which discusses why we enact healthcare policies based on weak evidence or outright erroneous beliefs. We delve into policy reversals discussed in the book and those seen during the pandemic.
To purchase his book, co-authored with Dr. Vinay Prasad, please select the link below:
https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/ending-medical-reversal
We also encourage you to read his article discussing the recent Aspirin policy reversal coming from the USPSTF:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/95281
Dr. Hochman leads a new initiative that provides sustainable, non-profit healthcare services to people experiencing homelessness (PEH). The initiative is part of SCAN Group, an organization known for innovative models of patient care.
Healthcare in Action seeks to prove that caring for PEH populations can be a sustainable, non-profit business model that optimizes both economic and clinical outcomes.
To learn more about Dr. Hochman's previous work in treating PEH populations, please select the link below:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213076421000403
Dr. Chin wrote an article in the New England Journal of Medicine discussing lessons learned from COVID-19 that can apply to all of primary care.
The article derives recommendations adapted in part from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care and The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.
We discuss the article and the report, elaborating upon lessons shared and recommendations conveyed.
To read Dr. Chin's article, please select the link below:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2112063
To read the referenced report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, please select the link below:
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25983/implementing-high-quality-primary-care-rebuilding-the-foundation-of-health
We interview the incomparable David Poses, renowned expert in harm reduction and author of the best-selling memoir, The Weight of Air.
We discuss his memoir in detail, offering glimpses of wisdom that he shares through his words.
To purchase his book, please select the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Weight-Air-Story-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1954861990/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
There are many prominent researchers working behind the scenes to rectify erroneous opioid policies at the state and federal level. Among these silent researchers, Dr. Terri Lewis's work rings the loudest.
She has redefined the very meaning of data in the opioid epidemic, conducting one of the largest behavioral surveys on opioid use and the experience of chronic pain.
Through her research, we now know of inherent biases within the data used in opioid risk stratification, and the implications of these biases on the lives of chronic pain patients across the country.
It is because of researchers like Dr. Terri Lewis that we understand the value of prescription opioids through the voices of people with lived experience.
To glean preliminary results from her ongoing survey, please select the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lOjfEJZz8ZbebSE4O-u3rM8Ka4RD8fZI/view?usp=sharing
Dr. Ibsen has experienced tremendous highs and lows in his career as a rural primary care physician. But above all things, he remains a staunch advocate for patient rights and a hero to his patients.
We hear his personal story battling both the DEA and Montana's medical licensing board, and his never ending quest to fight for patient rights.
It has been said that we can only learn what we can experience, and through Dr. Ibsen's experience, we learn the meaning of dedication to patient care.
His inspirational journey is captured in the movie, Pain Warriors, alongside the journey of so many others who have suffered during the opioid epidemic.
We encourage you to watch the movie after listening to the podcast. The link is listed below:
https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Warriors-Dr-Mark-Ibsen/dp/B0873ZXV2Y
We interview John Whyte, MD, MPH, a popular physician and writer who has been communicating to the public about health issues for nearly two decades.
Dr. Whyte is the Chief Medical Officer of WebMD. In this role, he leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues.
We discuss his most recent book, Take Control of Your Cancer Risk, available for purchase at the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Control-Your-Cancer-Risk/dp/0785240403
Dr. Cheek is the founder of Doctors of Courage, and a leading physician advocate for opioid policy reform. She is the nation's leading voice and a sought after thought leader on physician justice.
Her advocacy has led to the creation of a national database of physicians unjustly targeted through unconstitutional investigational tactics by both federal and state prosecutors. She actively collaborates with legal advocacy organizations in support of individual physician cases, providing both professional support and legal resources.
She hosts educational courses and seminars through the Doctors of Courage website.
To learn more about Doctors of Courage, please visit the following website - https://doctorsofcourage.org/
Dr. Miller is a board-certified general surgeon and hospice & palliative medicine specialist with additional fellowship training in clinical medical ethics. The intersectional inequities that she has faced during her 20-year career, have inspired and informed Physician Just Equity advocacy work.
Dr. Miller believes it is imperative that physicians and surgeons who experience bias, bullying, harassment and discrimination be supported when navigating difficult workplace conflicts in toxic workplace environments. A thriving diverse workforce is critical to achieving optimal population health.
To learn more about Physician Just Equity, please visit the following website - https://physicianjustequity.com/
We talk with Bob Sheerin, organizer of the Protest In The Park, to raise awareness for the upcoming rally.
Protest In The Park
October 20th, 2021
12pm-2pm ET
Union Square Park, Area 15
Washington DC
Bob Sheerin
270-348-6036
BOBSAPDFKY@gmail.com
https://americanpaindisabilityfoundation.org/
We talk with Nancy Seefeldt, organizer of the Protest In The Park, to raise awareness for the upcoming rally.
Protest In The Park
October 20th, 2021
12pm-2pm ET
Union Square Park, Area 15
Washington DC
https://americanpaindisabilityfoundation.org/
Dr. Crenshaw-Logal has advocated for judicial reform nationally and internationally. Her work has been recognized throughout the United States and the United Nations. She is the country's leading voice for judicial accountability - and she is taking on human rights violations against healthcare professionals.
To learn more about her work in deriving objectively discernible patterns of judicial misconduct, please see the link below:
https://www.thethirddegree.net/the-patterns
When people discuss counterintuitive policies on opioids and addiction, they often use the phrase, "follow the money". We discuss the phrase's meaning in detail, revealing the complex interplay of addiction medicine and healthcare economics.
To learn more about his work, please see the links below:
https://www.kapilnayar.com/ill-treatment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl4prKf5Vp0
The journey into and out of addiction is deeply painful and personal. We applaud Jaz Singh for sharing his story and we hope those listening are encouraged to tell their stories as well.
Few in the chronic pain community carry as much gravitas as Dr. Red Lawhern, and even fewer have his reach and influence. His research and insights have been cited in hundreds of medical journals and policy reports.
His latest work can be found at - https://internationalpain.org/youarenotalone/
Dr. Salerian was one of the first physicians targeted by the DEA in what has now become the systemic criminalization of patient care. He provides details into the tactics used by the DEA - explaining why these tactics continue despite their unconstitutionality.
There are patient advocates and then there are those who galvanize an entire nation. Claudia Merandi is one such advocate, who established one of the most influential chronic pain advocacy networks, Don't Punish Pain.
She can be reached at - https://dontpunishpainrally.com/.
We interview 'A', a financial professional who remains vaccine hesitant. We discuss the source of his hesitancy and how his decision affects interactions with friends and family.
We interview Dr. Randy Cook, a retired surgeon who now offers executive physician coaching to aspiring physician leaders. To learn more about his services, please visit MD Coaches - https://mymdcoaches.com/.
We interview Pharmacist Steve Ariens, an active blogger who has become a leading voice over social media for patient rights amidst the opioid epidemic.
We interview the pain advocate known as Blessings, who provides positive messages of encouragement over social media to those suffering with chronic pain.
We discuss specific strategies vaccine marketing campaigns should implement to improve their effectiveness.
Most healthcare laws interpret healthcare behavior subjectively and do not rely on any medical basis. This makes most healthcare laws retaliatory to patient behavior.
We interview a patient who has lived through both chronic pain and substance use dependency before and during the opioid epidemic.
It has been said that passion fuels purpose. And there is no one more passionate about rectifying the wrongs done by the government during the opioid epidemic than Dr. Norman J. Clement, editor of the popular blog, You Are Within The Norms - https://youarewithinthenorms.com/.
We release a special podcast in which we interview the amazing Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta, Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center Innovation Fellow, Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina
Today we interview Dr. Forrest Tenant, a physician pioneer in the field of pain management and substance use dependency who currently leads the largest national study on the debilitating disease, Arachnoiditis.
We are proud to release a special podcast in which we interview the incomparable Dr. William Cooke, author of Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People.
We explore the origins and current status of abortion laws in the United States, and expose a flaw in applying laws to medical conditions or procedures.
Healthcare filled with biases that form relative to our frame of reference. Not from any specific component, but through the interactions, the accumulated experiences that develop over time.
We discuss the concept of lying in terms of heuristics and behavioral economics, exploring how different people simplify complex concepts differently, leading to the appearance of a lie.
We explore the debate surrounding vaccines, vaccine mandates, and the willingness to obtain a vaccine - analyzing the argument in terms of market forces, individual risk, and broader public safety.
Healthcare is defined by data. But data is nothing more than an outcome, susceptible to outcomes bias. We explore this bias and develop conceptual solutions to overcome this bias.
We discuss how change works in healthcare, and whether it makes sense to approach the courts or to pursue political means to create change.
Complexity, healthcare, and healthcare law - three seemingly disparate concepts tied together by the complexity that defines each one of them. We explore how the concept of complexity can help improve our understanding of the interaction between healthcare and healthcare law.
We explore how physicians and physician organizations can become more active in healthcare legal cases.
Healthcare is growing ever more complex, and in this complexity, the laws, being restrictive in nature, produce inequitable distributions of burden, disproportionately affecting specific individuals and populations more than others.
In healthcare, many politicians and law enforcement agents substitute complex healthcare policy questions for more simplified questions and seek to solve the simplified question rather than solving the more complex question. As a result, you have healthcare law and enforcement that only address a limited aspect of a given healthcare, leading to implicit moral hazards that produce unintended consequences.