Stories Shared at First Meeting of National Coalition to Promote Continuous Monitoring of Patients on Opioids
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety today released the patient stories it shared at the inaugural meeting of the National Coalition to Promote Continuous Monitoring of Patients on Opioids. “We hope that the adverse events and deaths of patients who have suffered opioid-induced respiratory compromise may serve as inspiration to encourage the adoption of … Continue reading
Three Lessons Pain Management Teaches Us About Patient Adherence
(This article was first published in the Journal of Patient Compliance; see page 12.) Pain medication is an anomaly in patient adherence. Here the concern is with taking too much and not often enough, which is the usual problem faced in getting patients to take their medication. A common reason why patients seek medical advice … Continue reading
Is going part-way for patient safety good enough?
This is the question that I have been asking myself ever since the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety posted an article encouraging Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to include continuous electronic monitoring of patients using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps. “Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pumps” says Pat Iyer, president of www.avoidmedicalerrors.com, “were developed to address … Continue reading
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