10/26/2023· Medical Malpractice
Administrative Law - Standard Of Care In Opioid Stewardship
By: Joel L. Kent, MD
I was asked by a state medical licensing board to evaluate the practice of a primary care physician in regards to their oversight of opioid analgesics. My findings identified serious aberrant events in the majority of the cases reviewed. Among the aberrancies that raised concern included episodes of DUI events in several of the patients in question...