by Linda Cheek, MD | Nov, Mon, 2020 | Advocacy |
This is the wave we need to use in our fight. We need to accept the fact that pain patients won’t work together, and use other organizations to get the job done. The current wave of acceptance of marijuana and cannabis is one such wave. This election, Oregon passed...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Thu, 2020 | Medicine |
Data analytics companies are growing in the business market. It has become quite competitive. One thing I’ve noticed about the two main companies focusing on heath records and data is that they are registered as 501 (c)(3) nonprofits. I personally don’t see how...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Thu, 2020 | Medicine |
So do you know your Narx Score? First, what is the Narx Score? How did it come about? In 2011, a company in Louisville, KY—Appriss—had their first meeting to begin the development of the analytics of PDMP data creating the Narx Score. The Narx Score is a numeric...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Thu, 2020 | Medicine |
What is the PDMP? PDMP stands for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. PDMPs collect, monitor and analyze prescribing and dispensing data submitted by pharmacies and practitioners dispensing controlled drugs from their offices. The idea behind it was to help in...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Sat, 2020 | Convicted physician |
Steven Keith Mangar, MD, 50, a Stanford graduate in anesthesiology and pain management, from Salinas, California finally has some resolution of his 5 year old attack by our rogue government. I originally wrote a post on him in June, 2016, in the 3rd month of...