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Acupuncture as an Alternative to Opioids

Continue Education Journal

Patients quickly become dependent on painkillers and develop an addiction. It would also imply that California’s next health benchmark plan should acknowledge that mainstream pain medication is overprescribed, and alternative treatments should be considered in lieu of high-risk opioid pain medication.

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Revolutionizing Chronic Pain Management with Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Understanding Chronic Pain Chronic pain can be a complex and challenging condition to manage. It is important to understand the causes and types of chronic pain to be able to effectively treat it. Understanding the causes and types of chronic pain can help healthcare providers develop more effective treatment plans for their patients.

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Algorithms v's Privacy : health information is being sold and turned into ‘risk scores’

Lloyd Price

Companies are starting to sell “risk scores” to doctors, insurers and hospitals to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction or overdose, without patient consent and with little regulation of the kinds of personal information used to create the scores. No law prohibits collecting such data or using it in the exam room.