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To: HEALTH EDITORS
Contact: Drew Carlson of the Federation of State Medical Boards, +1-817-868-4043, dcarlson@fsmb.org; or Betsy Parkins, +1-215-747- 7700, bparkins@steegethomson.com, for Federation of State Medical Boards
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Bruce H. Bornstein & Alan M. Freedman, Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
Helen E. Witt, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defend...
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General use of the Internet under this definition encompasses exploration and exploitation of the Internet for consumer health education, patient self-support, and professional medical education and research.6 Issues raised by cybermedicine include the evaluation of the quality of medical information on the Internet, the impact of the Internet on the patient-physician relationship and quality of health care, and the use of global networking for evidence-based medicine.7 These issues are exacerbated by the fact that cybermedicine is a "wholly different and global discipline, which is powerful, efficient and consumer friendly, incorporating individual and cultural wisdom of world experts. The health care industry created three agencies to regulate all e-health websites on the Internet...
... email or online posts to virtual bulletin boards. 17 Cybermedicine and telemedicine together compri... Medical Association (AMA) and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), offer aid to state...
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David E. Neely, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff, intervening plaintiff-appellant.
Bruce H. Weitzman, McDermott Will & Emery, Helen E. Witt, Kirland & El...
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... wrote the prescriptions based on medical records which were sent to him not by the patients... not the case, as even by 2002, multiple States had enacted statutes, promulgated rules, or publis... of internet prescribing, numerous state boards had issued policy statements which made clear that...(RX 9), a policy document issued by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United. States (FSM...
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Business Editors & Health/Science Writers
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AAAA - for documentation at clinical visits. The assessment and documentation of pain care throughout the course of treatment is essential, especially if the patient is on opioid therapy. Institutions such as the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, emphasize in their guidelines the need for documentation. "The four A's" of pain documentation address areas of universal concern and standardize the medical record. Similar to a SOAP note format, one might consider writing each "A" on a separate line in the progress note. Addressing each of the "four A's" at reasonable intervals helps assure documentation reflects an appropriate level of assessment.
DDDD - Self-realization of physicians at odds with regulatory environm...
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...BURGET ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 86-114... State Health Division, the State Board of Medical Examiners, or the state judiciary reviews - or eve..., Jr., and Joseph Onek; and for the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc....
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CHICAGO, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) acknowledges the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University for addressing the topics of drug diversion and the ability of physicians to monitor their patients for this potential behavior. AAPM advocates for the effective treatment of pain and is strongly opposed to all aberrant drug use, including diversion of prescription medications.
AAPM is committed to the education of all medical students and physicians as an essential component of addressing the critical issues surrounding pain treatment. AAPM worked with the Federation of State Medical Boards to create clinical guidelines for the appropriate use of opioid medications in treating pain and has developed educational progra...
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STEVEN LANE/The Columbian
From left, Tiffany Williamson, Shane Gardner and Robert Byrd of the Clark County Sheriffs Office, and Joel Rupley with Clark County collect prescription drugs during a drug take-back program last month at Fishers Landing Transit Center in east Vancouver. Officers took in 179 pounds of controlled substances.
...Washington state has some of the highest rates of abuse in the U.S....The bill directed the five governing boards and commissions for Washington practitioners to ad...Dr. Mimi Pattison, chairwoman of the Medical Quality Assurance Commission, was a member of that... laws in other states and turned to the Federation of State Medical Boards for guidance. Each commiss...