The Pennsylvania General Assembly is considering legislation to make medical marijuana available to residents with certain health conditions. If the bill passes both houses, there is a good chance Gov. Tom Wolf will sign. The bill sets an effective date for 60 days...
In the past few years, I have noticed that many of my clients who are nurses are complaining more and more of unsafe levels of staffing at the hospitals and nursing homes where they work. Just this past month, I spoke to three nurses who were terminated from their...
A new Medscape Medical News report says that 50% of all physicians in six specialties feel "burned out". For the 2015 Physician Lifestyle Report, Medscape surveyed over 20,000 U.S. physicians across 26 specialties to identify physicians who suffer from burnout and the...
A Western Pennsylvania psychiatrist has not only lost his license but is also facing criminal charges. And it all, he claims, started with child support. Unpaid child support, to be exact. The details aren't clear, but apparently, in 2012, the court suspended his...
On October 27, 2014, Pennsylvania passed the Achieving Better Care By Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act. This Act is intended to increase the quality of patient care by giving prescribers and dispensers access to a patient's prescription medication...
