CDC concurs with panel led by Regenstrief scientist on misapplication of opioid guidelines

INDIANAPOLIS — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is clarifying its guidelines on opioid prescribing, citing the findings of a review panel led by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Kurt Kroenke, M.D. Dr. Kroenke and his colleagues found that many clinicians, policymakers and payers are misapplying the CDC’s guidelines, and those actions are negatively affecting…

1 in 5 civil monetary penalties due to EMTALA violations involved psychiatric emergencies

IMAGE: 230 settlements from Office of the Inspector General 2002-18. view more  Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL — Nearly one in five civil monetary penalty settlements related to Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) violations involved psychiatric emergencies. That is the conclusion of a study…

Half of all patients with syncope have CT head performed with a yield of 1.2% to 3.8%

IMAGE: Systematic review: Cohort studies in English/French. Two prospective, 15 retrospective, eight education department, six hospitalized, three other. view more  Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL — More than half of patients with syncope underwent CT head with a diagnostic yield of 1.1 percent to 3.8 percent.…