Definition: Supply Induced Demand, Dopesick, Opioid-use Disorder, Agonist, Adverse Childhood Experience Score, Warm Handoff

March 3, 2020February 2, 2020Digital Citizen Leave a comment

Supply induced demand

Demand created by unnecessary pushing, availability, and/or excess of supply (opioids by pharmaceuticals)

Dopesick

Illness from withdrawal symptoms from a drug

Opioid-use disorder

Misuse of opioids

Agonist

A chemical that binds to a receptor and activates the receptor to produce a biological response

Adverse Childhood Experience Score

Score from a test to gauge extent of adverse experiences a person had in childhood, to gauge potential for negative repercussions in their lives later

Warm hand-off

A transfer of care between two members of the health care team, where the handoff occurs in front of the patient and family

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Got Google Home Assistant!

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017Digital Citizen Leave a comment

I just got the Google Home Assistant yesterday and will be blogging about my experiences with it in the next little while. This won’t be a review as much as a discussion of some of its features, challenges and other issues that can arise from interacting with it. The last will be the most interesting, in my opinion, like if one will start talking to others like that, or change psychologically in constantly barking orders, or even gentle requests, to something that responds in a female voice. I’ll leave all the tech stuff to tech reviewers. I care more about humanity… at least at the moment. LOL

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My 3-Day Novel Contest Experience Day 3

September 7, 2015November 28, 2022Digital Citizen Leave a comment

Last updated Tue 12:06 AM

This is the last of my three daily posts about my 3-Day Novel contest. There will be two more posts in the days following the Labour Day weekend. One will share some wrap up details, while the other will share some content details, as well as trials and tribulations that came with getting that content.

Second post in this trilogy

First post in this trilogy

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My 3-Day Novel Contest Experience Day 2

September 6, 2015November 28, 2022Digital Citizen Leave a comment

Last updated Mon 12:04 AM

As per the note left on my Day 1 post that was originally supposed to encompass the entire 3 day Labour Day weekend, I am now moving to doing three posts about the experience. I am writing enough to do three posts so why not? It keeps it more manageable for readers.

This post will expand as the day goes on. I will update last time of update on the first line as updates beyond the first one take place.

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Follow Up to the Pho Incident Post

September 3, 2015Digital Citizen Leave a comment

A few days back, I shared a short story I wrote about a very sad childhood experience I had in Viet Nam. I wrote it prior to returning to my home country for the first time in 35 years, ending with contemplation about how I’d handle helping ease some of the poverty I would experience there. Specifically, it was the street children because it was street children survival brutality that I had been exposed to as a child that one day of The Pho Incident story.

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