http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=3676 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:49:00 EST Tue, 12 May 2009 10:44:00 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com http://www.hpnonline.com/images/2007%20images/coverlogo4small.jpg http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=3676 216 63 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Monday sent a letter to Anthem Blue Cross and called on the company to publicly justify its decision to raise premiums... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903098 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903098 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:00 EST When a meth lab blows up, the person making the addictive, illegal drug often gets burned badly... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903082 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903082 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:00 EST When veteran nurse Anne Mitchell wrote a confidential letter last year to the Texas Medical Board, complaining about a doctor she thought practiced shoddy medicine, she assumed it would be anonymous... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903076 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903076 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:25:00 EST The first independent survey of healthcare supply chain professionals conducted by IDN Summit was released Monday... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903075 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903075 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:25:00 EST Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s by UC Davis Health System researchers... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903074 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903074 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:00 EST Increased Medicare payments to physicians for outpatient surgeries for bladder cancer have led to a dramatic rise in the number of these procedures being performed and an overall increase in cost to the healthcare system... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903072 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903072 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:00 EST AmerisourceBergen announced a unique offering designed to help hospitals and health systems achieve meaningful use readiness for electronic health records (EHR), regardless of the technology they are using... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903071 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4903071 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:23:00 EST President Obama made a dramatic attempt to jump-start the stalled healthcare debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to a half-day summit on the subject to be televised live later this month... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900866 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900866 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:50:00 EST At a fly-infested clinic hastily erected alongside the rubble of the only tuberculosis sanatorium in this country, Pierre-Louis Monfort is a lonely man in a crowded room... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900865 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900865 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:50:00 EST Roughly 8 percent of Americans ages 50 to 59 had used an illicit drug in the past year, according to a recent survey by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900864 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900864 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:49:00 EST The degreasing agent trichloroethylene (TCE) has been linked to increased rates of Parkinson's disease among industrial workers in yet another study, this time involving a large, well-studied group of World War II veterans... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900861 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900861 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:49:00 EST At a time when nearly 7 million Californians are uninsured, state regulators are trying to rein in discount health and dental plans that officials say frequently overstate benefits, offer little if any savings and promise access to doctors who aren't part of the system... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900860 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900860 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:49:00 EST Alcohol-related car crashes that injure Montana residents boost the overall cost of alcohol abuse to the state's economy to $642 million, according to a new report by a University of Montana economist... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900858 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900858 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:48:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance on Bayesian statistical methods in the design and analysis of medical device clinical trials that could result in less costly and more efficient patient studies... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900857 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4900857 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:48:00 EST The U.S. spent $2.472 trillion on healthcare last year, according to a paper out today in the journal Health Affairs. That’s $282 million an hour.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892108 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892108 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:11:00 EST Soon after birth, babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy have exaggerated reactions to stress compared with babies of nonsmoking mothers. Like adult smokers, the babies of smokers have spikes in blood pressure after stress, such as an abrupt change in body position... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892107 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892107 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:10:00 EST FDA and Thomas Medical Products Inc. notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of certain lots of the product, tube-like devices placed into blood vessels to insert pacing or defibrillator wires and catheters into blood vessels... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892106 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892106 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:10:00 EST The leading professional organization dedicated to radiation oncology has called for enhanced safety measures in administering medical radiation, including the establishment of the nation’s first central database for the reporting of errors involving linear accelerators — machines that generate radiation — and CT scanners... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892105 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892105 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:09:00 EST In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Chicago, researchers will present findings that there were less complications for women, after having a cesarean delivery, if sutures were used instead of staples to close the wound... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892104 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892104 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:08:00 EST The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units, has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892103 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892103 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:07:00 EST Fatigue can be devastating to doctors, resulting in car crashes, potentially deadly needle or scalpel pricks, depression and harmful reproductive effects on female residents.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892102 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892102 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:06:00 EST A report issued by the International Electromagnetic Field Collaborative and endorsed by 43 scientists from 13 countries has reviewed the evidence linking cell phone use to brain tumors, and refuting the methodology of a forthcoming industry-funded study expected to give the phones a clean bill of health... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892101 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892101 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:06:00 EST IBM has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892100 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4892100 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:05:00 EST Many of the patients were labeled with the same grim diagnosis: "vegetative state." Their head injuries, teams of specialists had concluded, condemned them to a netherworld -- alive yet utterly devoid of any awareness of the world around them... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889962 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889962 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:10:00 EST Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, told Congress on Wednesday that she could not guarantee greater openness in negotiations over legislation to remake the nation’s healthcare system.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889961 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889961 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:09:00 EST We want to take this opportunity to update you on SYSTEM 1 matters. On February 2, 2010, the FDA updated its December 10, 2009 information by extending to 18 months the total recommended time period for transitioning from SYSTEM 1 to acceptable alternative devices.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889960 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889960 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:07:00 EST An Informational Webinar Hosted by Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET / 9:00-10:00 a.m. PT.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889958 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889958 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:06:00 EST About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889957 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889957 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:06:00 EST Christ Hospital and the federal government have reached a settlement agreement on a whistleblower lawsuit that accused the hospital of defrauding federal healthcare programs... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889936 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889936 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:03:00 EST Long thought of primarily as a male health problem, cardiovascular disease -- including heart disease, hypertension and stroke -- kills more U.S. women than men. It's been that way since 1984.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889935 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889935 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:01:00 EST The mortality rate of California women who die from causes directly related to pregnancy has nearly tripled in the past decade, prompting doctors to worry about the dangers of obesity in expectant mothers and about medical complications of cesarean sections... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889919 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4889919 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:01:00 EST A letter from the FDA dated February 2, 2010 stated... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887629 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887629 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:20:00 EST Lack of the brain chemical serotonin may be crucial to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new research finds... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887628 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887628 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:18:00 EST With their sweeping healthcare bill on hold, House Democrats plan to revive a sliver of the legislation as soon as next week that would repeal an antitrust exemption for insurance companies... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887624 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887624 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:17:00 EST It was the scientific paper that served as a central pillar for the idea that vaccination could increase children's risk of developing autism... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887623 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887623 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:17:00 EST Failure to pass the healthcare overhaul may accelerate a push by Community Health Systems Inc., Health Management Associates Inc. and LifePoint Hospitals Inc. to acquire facilities weakened by the recession... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887622 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887622 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:16:00 EST Banner Health is expanding its relationship with the Premier healthcare alliance to include Premier’s OperationsAdvisor (OA) web-based labor benchmarking solution... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887621 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887621 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:15:00 EST Hospitals in the Houston area vary in terms of how well their intensive care units (ICUs) prevent central-line bloodstream infections, a cause of death, disability, and expense in our nations' hospitals that is largely preventable... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887620 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4887620 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:15:00 EST As part of the ongoing medical response to the Haiti earthquake, USAID, the agency coordinating the U.S. Government response, announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has activated additional components of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) to help U.S. hospitals provide care to critically ill survivors... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885513 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885513 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:05:00 EST A vaccine introduced in 2000 has been highly effective in reducing the number of severe lung, blood and brain infections in infants and children. But at the same time, a serious and sometimes fatal complication has become more common.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885512 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885512 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:04:00 EST An infection of the uterine cavity during pregnancy combined with premature birth doubles the risk that an African American child will develop asthma, researchers have found. The combination also increases risk for some other ethnicities, though less severely.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885511 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885511 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:04:00 EST Healthcare providers should follow established infection-control recommendations during spinal procedures, including the use of a mask and adherence to aseptic technique, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the January 29 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885510 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885510 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:03:00 EST For years, hype has built around personalized medicine - a tantalizing future in which insights gleaned from genetic tests will result in individualized treatment, guiding the drugs people take and at what doses.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885509 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885509 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:03:00 EST The medical device industry's chief advocacy group spent more than a quarter million dollars lobbying Congress in the last three months of 2009, as lawmakers attempted to finalize the healthcare overhaul... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885508 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885508 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:02:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, a rare, but serious, liver disorder, has been reported in some HIV patients taking Videx/Videx EC (didanosine). Videx is an antiretroviral medicine first approved by the FDA in 1991... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885507 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885507 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:01:00 EST Ecolab Inc. announced the launch of its new EnCompass Environmental Hygiene program, a comprehensive clinical program that helps hospitals improve patient room hygiene and prevent the spread of infections... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885506 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885506 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:01:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting $4.03 billion to promote and protect public health as part of the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget – a 23 percent increase over the agency’s current $3.28 billion budget.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885505 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4885505 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:01:00 EST Only a month remains until the exciting pre-conference symposium on Supply Chain Management, co-sponsored by AHRMM and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for this informative and engaging event... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4883315 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4883315 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:25:00 EST The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury jointly issued new rules providing parity for consumers enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance use disorders... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4883302 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4883302 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:24:00 EST In the rarefied world of fashion magazines, beauty editors have often relied on a coterie of prominent dermatologists and plastic surgeons to keep them current on advances in cosmetic medicine... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4883301 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4883301 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:24:00 EST