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 At the 57th annual AORN Congress, March 13-18 in Denver, Cardinal Health will highlight key healthcare solutions and share clinical expertise that can help nurses drive better operating room (OR) outcomes... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992416 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992416 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:09:00 EST In a world of cost concerns, shrinking budgets, and staff reductions, performing at optimal efficiency is critical... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992414 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992414 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:09:00 EST Action Products Inc. has increased its presence at the 57th Annual AORN Congress in Denver, March 15-18... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992413 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992413 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:08:00 EST Three aggressive treatment strategies that doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes and some who are the verge of developing it have proven to be ineffective or even harmful, new studies show... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992410 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992410 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:08:00 EST Medtronic's relationship with a group of doctors who potentially could use an important experimental heart valve from the company has attracted the attention of federal prosecutors... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992409 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992409 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:07:00 EST Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced that a United States District Court jury has found that a negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) product marketed and sold by Smith & Nephew... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992405 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992405 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will formally recognize the electrical equipment standard IEC 60601-1/Ed.3:2006... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992404 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992404 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:00 EST Challenging established medical wisdom about blood pressure and stroke, new British research suggests that extremely variable blood pressure, and not just high blood pressure, can greatly increase a person's risk of stroke... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992403 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992403 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:00 EST The number of cosmetic-surgery procedures in the U.S. sagged for the second year in a row in 2009, according to an annual survey released by a plastic surgeons' association... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992382 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4992382 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:00 EST New York City and a group of contractors have agreed to pay up to $657 million to more than 10,000 workers who alleged that rescue and cleanup efforts around the World Trade Center made them sick... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987439 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987439 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:09:00 EST Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women, according to a 40-year study that showed users were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or a range of other medical ailments... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987438 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987438 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:08:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned healthcare providers and consumers about counterfeit surgical mesh being distributed in the United States under the C. R. Bard/Davol brand name... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987437 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987437 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:08:00 EST FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class I recall of UniCel DxC Synchron Clinical System – Ion Selective Electrode (ISE) Flow Cell... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987436 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987436 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:06:00 EST FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that at this point, the data that FDA has reviewed have not shown a clear connection between bisphosphonate use and a risk of atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987435 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987435 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:06:00 EST FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class 1 recall of the AB5000 Circulatory Support System... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987418 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987418 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:05:00 EST Two separate scientific teams announced this week that they had successfully sequenced individual genomes to pinpoint precise genetic causes of illness -- breakthroughs that open the door to a future of individualized, genomics-based medicine... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987417 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987417 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:04:00 EST They are the most wired vehicles on the road, with dashboard computers, sophisticated radios, navigation systems and cellphones... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987416 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987416 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:04:00 EST Broadlane, Inc., has launched Prolucent Workforce Management to help hospitals navigate the unprecedented staffing challenges expected to accelerate as the first baby boomer turns 65 less than a year from now... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987415 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4987415 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:02:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will look into whether a link exists between the long-term use of certain osteoporosis drugs and a particular type of leg fracture... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984920 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984920 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:02:00 EST In just two years, spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests climbed by at least $214 million in Massachusetts, helping to fuel a dramatic rise in the cost of outpatient hospital care... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984919 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984919 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:00 EST Most women who have had a Cesarean delivery can safely have a vaginal delivery later, an expert panel concluded Wednesday... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984918 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984918 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:00 EST At HIMSS10, Omnicell displayed their Mobile Medication System, a fully-integrated, closed loop and transportable solution that enables the safe and secure transportation of medications... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984917 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984917 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST Premier today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modify the proposed rule on the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984916 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984916 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:00 EST A perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for change in the way researchers and pharmaceutical companies collect and report adverse symptom information... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984914 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984914 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:00 EST It's time to re-think how patients are selected for cardiac catheterization... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984913 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984913 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:00 EST St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD, facing lawsuits and a pair of federal investigations related to its cardiac care business, has informed another 169 heart patients that they received expensive and potentially dangerous treatments they might not have needed... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984912 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4984912 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:57:00 EST Johnson & Johnson made plans to reach $302 million in geriatric sales for its antipsychotic Risperdal just months after federal regulators said the company falsely claimed the drug was safe... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982975 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982975 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:09:00 EST A unit of Johnson & Johnson, just months after saying it was phasing out an artificial hip implant because of slowing sales, has warned doctors that the device appears to have a high early failure rate in some patients... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982974 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982974 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:09:00 EST For more than a decade, GHX has delivered the industry’s most comprehensive source of market sales data for medical-surgical products sold through distribution, GHX Market Intelligence... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982973 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982973 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:08:00 EST Women with metal-on-metal hip implants, where both the ball of the joint and the surface of the socket are made of metal, pass metal ions to their offspring during pregnancy... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982968 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982968 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:08:00 EST A former chairman of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp. has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years in prison for securities fraud... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982965 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982965 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:03:00 EST When business is slow or when reimbursement goes down, we doctors have the option of just cranking up the volume of patient visits and procedures... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982964 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982964 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:00 EST The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort pulled up anchor Tuesday in Port-au-Prince and began the long trip home to Baltimore, ending its role in Operation Unified Response-Haiti... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982955 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982955 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:00 EST IDN Summit and Expo has announced the finalists for its 2010 Search for Supply Chain Excellence in Healthcare Awards... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982954 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4982954 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Obama left what he called the Washington "echo chamber" Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass healthcare legislation... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980573 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980573 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:54:00 EST On a recent weekday morning, 15 expectant mothers are gathered in a circle in a large room at a Washington hospital for a collective third trimester checkup... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980572 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980572 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:53:00 EST For years, a prevailing theory has been that one of the chief villains in Alzheimer’s disease has no real function other than as a waste product that the brain never properly disposed of... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980553 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980553 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:51:00 EST If your mother or father had a stroke by the time they were 65, your chances of also having a stroke by that age are increased fourfold, U.S. researchers report... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980552 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980552 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:51:00 EST Dr. Barton Giessel presses on spots down Maria del Rosario Gomez's back while talking into the speaker of a cordless telephone to ask where it hurts... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980551 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980551 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:50:00 EST Last year, they were charged with running a racket to pilfer patient records from Jackson Memorial Hospital to sell to lawyers for personal-injury claims... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980550 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980550 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:49:00 EST In a letter to the CEOs of UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Health Care Service Corporation and CIGNA HealthCare Inc., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called on the executives... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980549 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980549 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:49:00 EST Steril-Aire, Inc. announces that it has signed an agreement with SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) to distribute the new SANYO professional Air Washer Plus... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980548 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4980548 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:48:00 EST In a home office, slipped inside file cabinets and stacked on top of workspaces, Cindy Holtzman has amassed a collection of "medical waste." She's not hoarding used syringes or old bandages. She's hanging on to hospital bills that are loaded with outrageous examples of money that was poorly spent.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978132 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978132 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:19:00 EST Emergency medical workers are becoming the de facto healthcare system for a country that has long failed to care for its own. Soon, a ragged health network could be left largely on its own again... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978131 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978131 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:18:00 EST More Americans now drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sport drinks and fruit drinks daily, and this increase in consumption has led to more diabetes and heart disease over the past decade, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978130 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978130 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:18:00 EST CONCEPCION, Chile -- Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground are turning the coastal towns shattered by Chile's earthquake and tsunami into nests of infection, doctors warned.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978117 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978117 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:17:00 EST The economists call them “Eds and Meds.” They are universities and hospitals, institutions found in many cities, even those with otherwise decaying economies, that can be the basis for a financial rebirth that creates high-skilled, high-wage jobs not easily outsourced, offshored or otherwise made obsolete.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978116 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978116 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:17:00 EST Hospitals in Edgerton, Friendship, Hillsboro, Osceola, Sparta and Stanley have dropped their nursing homes in recent years. In Edgerton, Friendship and Shawano, hospitals have given up home healthcare services... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978115 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978115 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:16:00 EST With cash set to run out in May, Jackson Health System announced Friday plans to lay off 4,487 employees -- more than a third of the work force -- and close the system's two satellite hospitals... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978114 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4978114 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:16:00 EST New Hampshire - The state's hospitals are worried about a proposal in the Legislature that would establish a government commission to set hospital rates. Supporters of the bill say it would cut healthcare costs, while opponents say it amounts to a government takeover of healthcare and will not accomplish its goals... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4970242 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4970242 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:47:00 EST