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Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities

Medicare has been touting the merits of the "competitive" bidding program for durable, or home medical equipment and services (HME) to convince Congress that the program is good for seniors. Unfortunately, proponents have conveyed misleading information and cherry-picked facts that exaggerate the benefits and ignore the severe shortcomings of the program.

18 Mar 2010

American Scientific Resources receives additional Bayer Healthcare order for Disintegrator Needle Destruction Device

American Scientific Resources, Inc., confirms today that it has received formal confirmation and payment advice for the additional purchase of its Disintegrator Needle Destruction Device from Bayer-Schering Pharmaceuticals.

18 Mar 2010

China’s healthcare reform one year later

In April 2009, the Chinese government announced the guidelines for healthcare reform, with the core principle of providing universal healthcare services to the country's 1.3 billion population. China will invest 850 billion RMB ($124 billion) on healthcare from 2009 to 2011, further stimulating demand for medical devices, in what is already one of the world's fastest growing markets for medical technology. One year later, a number of new regulations and guidelines are in place, which are beginning to reshape the structure of the Chinese healthcare industry.

18 Mar 2010

Alpharma to pay $42.5M for settling alleged Kadian kickback scheme

Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to the federal government and certain states to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that exposed an alleged kickback scheme by the pharmaceutical company to boost its sales of Kadian, a prescription painkiller.

18 Mar 2010

BUSM: Subject on unhealthy substance use must be incorporated into internal medicine residency training

Educational leaders from Boston University School of Medicine believe teaching the subject of unhealthy substance use must be incorporated into internal medicine residency training and can be done within existing teaching venues. The findings, which currently appear on-line in BioMedCentral Medical Education, represent a national model for addressing this issue for internal medicine residents.

18 Mar 2010

Palliative care continues to play vital role in the continuum of cancer care: Study

A study from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports that cancer centers in the United States provide patients and their families with palliative care, though the depth, range and integration of programs and services widely vary.

18 Mar 2010

New chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer: High-cost/low-value medical care

New chemotherapy agents appear associated with improvements in survival time for patients with metastastic colorectal cancer, but at substantial cost, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

18 Mar 2010

Poll: Use of booster seats drops sharply to 40% by age 8

All 50 states have some type of child safety seat law, 28 of which require kids to use child safety seats or booster seats through age 8 to reduce the risk of injuries in car crashes. But the latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds that while nearly all parents report their kids, ages 5 and younger, use booster seats or car seats while riding in vehicles, use of booster seats drops sharply to 40 percent by age 8.

18 Mar 2010

SEIU's civil lawsuit against former local union staff and elected leaders: Trial set for Monday

For the last year, SEIU officials have been suing 29 local union reformers and whistleblowers who exposed the union's corruption and backroom deals and helped healthcare workers protect their democratic right to join a new union after a hostile takeover.

18 Mar 2010

Evaluating all Medicare plan options can reduce healthcare costs

Nearly 8 million former workers have disabilities so severe that they rely on Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, and an estimated 3.3 million more will apply for disability benefits this year. For these people and others suffering from serious conditions and disabilities, taking the right steps quickly to manage costs is essential for their financial and health well-being, according to Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security disability representation and Medicare plan selection services.

18 Mar 2010

Societies endorse AIUM Training Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound

The AIUM is pleased to announce that 4 professional societies have collaborated with AIUM to endorse the recent AIUM Training Guidelines for the Performance of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examinations. The guidelines allow for a several practitioners, including physicians, osteopathic physicians, podiatrists, and sonographers, to perform musculoskeletal ultrasound examinations, marking significant promise for the future of this growing field.

18 Mar 2010

Patients can partner with their caregivers to prevent health risks and errors

Being hospitalized for acute care presents health risks beyond the medical treatment at hand. Medication errors, patient identification errors, falls and infections are just some of the risks that can be prevented through a closer partnership of patients, their families and medical providers.

18 Mar 2010

Rauland-Borg, Visonic Technologies integrate Elpas RTLS technology with Responder 5 Nurse Call System

Rauland-Borg, the leader in Healthcare Nurse Call Systems and Visonic Technologies a global provider of scalable Active RFID/RTLS based safety, security and management solutions for the healthcare industry announce the integration of Elpas RTLS technology with the Responder 5 Nurse Call System. This joint collaboration between Visonic Technologies and Rauland-Borg provides Responder 5 with real-time staff presence functionality throughout the hospital to room and sub-room level accuracy, automatic visual indication that a patient's needs are being responded to and automatic nurse call cancellation.

18 Mar 2010

Physicians push back on healthcare overhaul

Docs for Patient Care (D4PC), the nation's leading voice of doctors opposing Obamacare and offering better healthcare reform, has produced an ad on the DrudgeReport.com linking to educational videos developed by the organization.

18 Mar 2010

Phytel to receive AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award

The American Medical Group Association announced today that it will present the AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award on March 20 to Phytel, Inc. at its 2010 Annual Conference, March 18-20 at the New Orleans Marriott.

18 Mar 2010

MedeFile International signs revenue-sharing distribution agreement with NSD

MedeFile International, Inc., leader in portable electronic medical records management, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with one of the country's largest suppliers of auto-related supplemental products, Nation Safe Drivers (NSD), a partnership unparalleled in the field of Personal Health Records(PHR).

18 Mar 2010

New campaign invites people share their journeys through Ontario's health care system

Ontario's doctors are giving a voice to patients across the province with their latest public awareness campaign. The campaign features real people sharing their journeys through Ontario's health care system and highlights the unique relationship between patients and their doctors.

18 Mar 2010

Standardized skin-care guidelines

Given the complexity of cancer treatment, skin care may seem like a small matter. However, a nurse at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center knew that skin issues were a constant source of anxiety for many patients receiving radiation therapy, and through research she discovered that routine advice was rooted in myth instead of scientific evidence.

18 Mar 2010

HRSA survey shows RN workforce is becoming more diverse

The number of licensed registered nurses (RNs) in the United States grew to a new high of 3.1 million between 2004 and 2008 according to a report released today by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

18 Mar 2010

Intense experience in Haiti raises many difficult ethical questions, says Johns Hopkins emergency physician

In an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave of patients and inadequate medical resources.

18 Mar 2010

Healthcare News

Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities

American Scientific Resources receives additional Bayer Healthcare order for Disintegrator Needle Destruction Device

China’s healthcare reform one year later

Alpharma to pay $42.5M for settling alleged Kadian kickback scheme

BUSM: Subject on unhealthy substance use must be incorporated into internal medicine residency training

Palliative care continues to play vital role in the continuum of cancer care: Study

New chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer: High-cost/low-value medical care

Poll: Use of booster seats drops sharply to 40% by age 8

SEIU's civil lawsuit against former local union staff and elected leaders: Trial set for Monday

Evaluating all Medicare plan options can reduce healthcare costs

Societies endorse AIUM Training Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound

Patients can partner with their caregivers to prevent health risks and errors

Rauland-Borg, Visonic Technologies integrate Elpas RTLS technology with Responder 5 Nurse Call System

Physicians push back on healthcare overhaul

Phytel to receive AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award

MedeFile International signs revenue-sharing distribution agreement with NSD

New campaign invites people share their journeys through Ontario's health care system

Standardized skin-care guidelines

HRSA survey shows RN workforce is becoming more diverse

Intense experience in Haiti raises many difficult ethical questions, says Johns Hopkins emergency physician

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