November 27, 2018
Illinois’ medical marijuana laws recently saw dramatic changes. Stay abreast of how the new law impacts your practice. Be sure that you’re also tuned into how you can (legally and ethically) integrate these therapies into patient...
January 16, 2018
Katie Jones, a marketing expert, recently assisted in the development of the sites quickdoctor and doctor4u. We picked her brain about the advent of online pharmacies and why they’re currently leaps and bounds better than retail...
January 14, 2018
If the safety and quality of nursing home services decreases, elderly and disabled patients may seek an alternative means of care, such as that offered by in-home health. Home health providers can provide the individualized care...
January 7, 2018
Despite their efforts and actions to repeal Obamacare, the GOP did not have the sweeping success they had anticipated for 2017. As the new year begins, let’s take a look at the current state of the...
December 22, 2017
Healthcare providers accepting Medicaid may see their patient volume decrease in coming months, the result of a plan recently approved by the federal government to grant states the authority to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients.
September 14, 2017
September is Healthy Aging Month! Because so much of our health is tied to our genetic makeup, we wrote this post about the importance of knowing and taking detailed family health histories. Read on, and share...
August 17, 2017
If you feel like your TV advertisements increasingly include more prescription drugs, you’re right. Pharmaceutical companies are pouring money into their consumer marketing campaigns, spending $4.5 billion in 2014, $3.5 billion in 2012, and $2.5 billion...
July 13, 2017
Providers who have prescribed Mibelas should also reach out to these patients to notify them of the recall. They may also wish to encourage back-up contraception until the patient’s next menstrual cycle and monitoring for unexpected...
July 10, 2017
Naloxone rapidly reverses an opioid overdose and can quickly restore normal respiration in someone whose breathing has stopped or slowed from an overdose. The life-saving drug has been deployed throughout the country to help combat the...
July 5, 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, settled with a healthcare system for its untimely reporting of a breach of its unsecured, private health information. Presence Health has agreed to pay...
