by Anna Tan | Oct 1, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
While medical R&D has been making great strides in precision medicine and pharmacogenetics – ultimately tailoring diagnostics and treatments to match individuals on a submolecular level – healthcare providers need to remember that their relationships with their...
by Anna Tan | Aug 13, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
Following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) April 2018 rule proposal announcement, comes the finalization of the “Promoting Interoperability” rule (PI, formerly known as the Meaningful Use program, or Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program)....
by Anna Tan | Aug 3, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Uncategorized
August kicks off with World Breastfeeding Week, now on its 27th year since it was first celebrated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) in 1992. Every August 1-7, WABA partners with a worldwide network of organizations to encourage breastfeeding,...
by Anna Tan | Aug 3, 2018 | Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
On July 20, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first acute myeloid leukemia treatment. It is the first approved targeted cancer therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML), specifically, those screened...