VistA may be in its waning years; How hospitals are thinning down ED crowding; and much more...

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:59:50 -0400

> For many years, the VA's VistA open source EMR has been held up as an example for the industry to follow. Now, it's looking like VistA may be in its waning years. FierceHealthIT

> This week's meeting of the American Diabetes Association is yielding some big news, including updates on the effectiveness of a handful of blockbuster diabetes drugs. FiercePharma

> Today's Wall Street Journal blog item offers some interesting ideas on how hospitals are thinning down emergency department crowding. Article

> A Swiss company should be able to introduce an experimental malaria vaccine as early as 2014. FierceVaccines

And Finally... If you want to work here, you'd better have a favorite girl you can pop the question to--quickly! Article

ALSO NOTED: Hospitals offer more charity care; Senate approves health IT fund; and much more...

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:59:50 -0400

> Non-profits have begun offering charity to more patients in an effort to impress the IRS. FierceHealthFinance

> The U.S. Senate has approved a special health IT fund which will be used to fund future bills requiring HIT funding. FierceHealthIT

> A new group of malaria vaccine trials will pay volunteers to get infected. FierceBioResearcher

> Critics are now raising questions as to whether the FDA is doing a good enough job of disciplining researchers who break drug-trial rules. FiercePharma

And Finally... A new blood test could finally help psychiatrists determine, concretely, whether antidepressant drugs are working. Article

Malaria Vaccine

VistA may be in its waning years; How hospitals are thinning down ED crowding; and much more...

ALSO NOTED: Hospitals offer more charity care; Senate approves health IT fund; and much more...