Posted by Pauline Heidemann on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 @ 06:00 AM
- Prescription Drugs Retain Potency Long After Expiration Date
- Patients Visiting Doctors Less Frequently
- Stroke Becoming a Disease of the Middle-Age Rather Than Elderly
- Dengue Epidemic Declared in Puerto Rico
- Medical Researchers Protest Restrictions to Death Records
- Physicians Healthier Than Others, Including Nurses
Prescription Drugs Retain Potency Long After Expiration Date
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Posted by Pauline Heidemann on Mon, May 07, 2012 @ 06:00 AM
- Facebook Encourages Users To Register as Organ Donors
- Two Homecare Initiatives Announced by HHS
- Hospitals Concerned About Meeting Meaningful Use Requirements
- Drug Screens Show High Degree of Noncompliance
- Medical Errors Reduced by 40% Using New Handoff Program
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Posted by Pauline Heidemann on Mon, Feb 06, 2012 @ 06:18 AM
This week,
In The Know, looks at the following news stories:
AMA Lobbies for a Delay in ICD-10 Codes;
Social Security Authorizes Electronic Signature for Medical Records;
FTC Attempts to Block Omnicare from Buying PharMerica;
FDA Approves Cystic Fibrosis Drug;
Johns Hopkins to Build “Hotel-Like” Hospital;
Breaches of Medical Records Surpasses 19 Million;
WHO and Drug Firms Pledge to Eradicate 10 Tropical Diseases;
Pediatric ICUs Have More Infections that Adult ICUs.
AMA Lobbies for a Delay in ICD-10 Codes
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Posted by Pauline Heidemann on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 @ 06:04 AM
The wall of cascading water was designed to bring feelings of peace and tranquility to the hospital reception area. It offered a place of respite from the ringing phones, beeping equipment, and bustling activity associated with a busy, active, medical facility. But it also harbored the deadly bacteria legionella, responsible for Legionnaires disease, and eight people exposed to the airborne bacteria contracted the severe and potentially life-threatening form of pneumonia.
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