As a practicing physician, I found myself angry about the opioid crisis in our country. I was completely taken aback and defensive as the media blamed physicians for the crisis. How can society really blame me, when I had no choice but to succumb to the pressures brought upon me by these external forces that affected my reputation and compensation?

For example, The Joint Commission had imposed pain scores as an additional vital sign for my hospitalized patients, who in turned rated my care on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey results.

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