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NewsUnsterile endoscope puts patients at risk for deadly diseases
Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Hospital sent letters to 75 patients after officials discovered that improperly cleaned equipment may have exposed them to blood-borne diseases like HIV or Hepatitis B or Read more...
Missing a beat: Cardiovascular information systems lack functionality
Nearly one-third (30 percent) of cardiology IT users say they are considering replacing their cardiovascular information system software (CVIS), because their current vendors don't deliver the Read more...
'Never events' in California hospitals on the rise
While many California hospitals like San Francisco General have been working hard in recent years to bring an end to "never events"--events that are never supposed to occur, such as leaving medical Read more...
Hospital under fire for alleged 'makeshift beauty salon' in ward for high-risk newborns
Staffers at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center are being criticized this week after allegedly participating in a makeshift beauty salon in the ward for high-risk newborns, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read more...
Feds bust up $26 million Medicare fraud rings
Federal investigations have uncovered Medicare fraud schemes totalling $26 million. In one case, owners and employees of four medical suppliers based in California and Nevada allegedly billed Read more...
Organized crime getting deeper into medical identity theft
Medicare and Medicaid fraud is nothing new--but the extent to which these programs are being bilked by hard-core criminal organizations is. As we've reported here previously, evidence continues to Read more...
JPMorgan: Medical equipment makers will have a tough year
JPMorgan analyst Michael Weinstein says that the instability of U.S. hospitals and the slowdown of equipment purchases will continue to drag down the a number of companies until next year. Hospitals Read more...
Trend: RFID tracking being adopted more frequently
It started with RFID chips on infants to prevent kidnappings. Now electronic identification is progressing in many hospitals to include equipment, staff, and even patients. Some people fear that this Read more...
Hospitals piling up nuclear waste
Hospitals go through radioactive material--a lot of it, in fact--but industry leaders seldom pay much attention to the problem. Generators of such material include radioactive cesium isotopes and Read more...
Medicare fraud cuts disputed by IG
In 2006, CMS said that it had managed to cut the level of Medicare fraud by billions of dollars, and basked in the praise of lawmakers who commended the agency's good stewardship. The problem: the Read more...
| Press ReleasesAwarepoint Reports Record Sales and Installations for its Market-Leading Real-time Location System (RTLS) Solutions89 hospitals contract for Awarepoint software and technology platform in 2011 to improve patient throughput and flow, care team efficiency, and asset inventory management and availabilitySAN DIEGO, Read more >> Spacelabs Healthcare Introduces New Multigas ModuleSpeed and Performance in a Small Package ISSAQUAH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Spacelabs Healthcare (www.spacelabshealthcare.com) is introducing a new Multigas Module that can identify and display agent Read more >> EXILIS RadioFrequency Device Receives Health Canada Clearance for Body Contouring, Fat Removal, Wrinkle Reduction & Skin TBOSTON & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BTL Industries, a leading developer and manufacturer of medical equipment for aesthetic medicine, physical therapy and cardiology, today announced Health Read more >> Providian Medical Launches New Tool to Make Finding the Right Ultrasound Machine Easier Than EverCompany breaks new ground with first mobile/HTML5 tool to help users find the ideal ultrasound system at the right priceWILLOWICK, Ohio, Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Time is money, and time that is Read more >> Special Team Ready to Mobilize for Disaster ReliefStanford Hospital group formed to mobilize quickly for disaster reliefInspiration for group was Stanford medical team’s Haiti experienceGroup members will stay prepared and ready to ship out within Read more >> |
