medicine
SPOTLIGHT: Retiring MDs will change healthcare
At HealthLeaders Media, Jeff Goldsmith examines how the wave of retiring baby boomer doctors will change the practice of medicine. Among other things, younger physicians are less tolerant of the... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Study: Last-minute drug approvals less safe
When FDA reviewers cram, do they perform poorly on the test? A new study concludes that yes, when drugs are approved right on deadline, they're more likely to cause safety problems later. The... Read more...
In CA, MD complaint probes taking longer
In California, it's taking longer for the state's Medical Board and the attorney general to suspend or revoke licenses of problem physicians. An average of two and a half year (934 days) passes from... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Las Vegas clinic may have infected 40,000 patients; Federal health IT spending to climb; and much more...
> Officials say 40,000 people may have been infected with HIV and hepatitis at a Las Vegas clinic, which was found to have re-used its syringes and medicine vials. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Jailed doctor's patients sue to keep him in business; Doctor shortage looming in Cincinnati; and much more...
> Patients of a jailed doctor charged with running a "pill mill" connected with 56 overdose deaths are suing the government, claiming that forcing the doctor to stop practicing is causing... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Drug ads challenge reputation of inventor
More than 25 years ago, the brilliant Dr. Robert Jarvik invented the artificial heart which made his reputation and fortune. For most of that time, he's been out of the public eye. Now, however,... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Would IOM clinical guidelines be killed by politics?
While many observers are praising the Institute of Medicine's proposal that the U.S. develop a central, national initiative for determining best medical practices, they're also raising some... Read more...
Study: Math mistakes can cause big med problems
A new study underscores that simple math errors by physicians can prove deadly when it comes to medications. In the study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers asked... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospital sued over newborn death; FL groups sue state over preventive care for poor; and much more...
> A Pennsylvania family has sued a Geisinger Health System hospital over a medication error which apparently killed one of its twin newborns. Read more...
Study: Digital mammography not as cost-effective as thought
Digital mammography may be an amazing tool, but it's only cost-effective to use it with younger women or women with dense breasts, according to a new article appearing in the Annals of Internal... Read more...
