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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center. He joined the health system as medical director 24 years ago.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

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We submitted a request to CDC under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to provide materials that included their disclosures or a waiver from CDC from making the disclosure (7). The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § He can be reached by e-mail at chad.kollas@orlandohealth.com or via Twitter at @ChadKollasMD.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. And everywhere I rotated.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9). Additionally, in 2014, Chou co-authored a systematic review and critical appraisal of guidelines for chronic pain (27).

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

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On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). Jeff: I’ve been doing this since 2014. Alex: 2014. This week we turn our attention to the inmates. Jeff, how long have you been working here? Jeff: 43 years.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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By 2007, the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG), which included several eventual PROP members (23), published an “Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (26) that introduced the concept of hard dosing thresholds for opioid analgesics, which was later incorporated into the 2016 Guideline (2, 3).

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