http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=3676 Tue, 12 May 2009 10:44:00 EST Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:15:00 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 An influential scientific advisory panel has recommended that federal officials give top priority to comparing the effectiveness of competing medical strategies in areas that include treating prostate cancer, reducing hospital infections and lowering the rate of unwanted pregnancies... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825477 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825477 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:00 EST The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) announces it's Call for Presentations for their 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. The Meeting will be held May 2-5, 2010. Presentations must be: Related to the Field of Central Service and/or Materiel Management; Non-commercial; and Original (never presented before)... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825476 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825476 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:00 EST When doctors running the AIDS clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham wanted to increase the number of patients who showed up for treatment, they turned to an unusual place for help: southern Africa... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825475 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825475 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:00 EST The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed changes to policies and payment rates for services to be furnished during calendar year (CY 2010) by over 1 million physicians and nonphysician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825474 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825474 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:00 EST FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it is aware of four recently-published observational studies that looked at the use of Lantus (insulin glargine) and possible risk for cancer in patients with diabetes... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825473 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825473 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is requiring manufacturers to put a boxed warning on the prescribing information for the smoking cessation drugs Chantix (varenicline) and Zyban (buproprion)... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825472 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825472 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:09:00 EST The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) and the Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics (CIHL) at the University of Arkansas conducted an online survey of healthcare supply chain professionals to assess the current state of the healthcare supply chain from a cost and quality perspective... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825471 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825471 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:08:00 EST Healthcare Purchasing News staff would like to wish you and your families a wonderful and safe 4th of July weekend. We’ll be spending time with our families and friends this weekend and will publish our next HPN Daily Update on Monday, July 6th. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825470 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3825470 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:07:00 EST The prescription painkillers Percocet and Vicodin should be banned and use of Tylenol, sold over the counter, should be reduced because the ingredient acetaminophen is linked to liver damage... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819899 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819899 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:51:00 EST A group of parents is challenging Minnesota's practice of storing babies' blood samples and allowing researchers to study them without their permission... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819898 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819898 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:50:00 EST A new study indicates that bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP; a biological agent used to promote bone creation) is used in 25 percent of spinal fusion procedures and is associated with a higher rate of complications than in fusions that did not use BMP... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819897 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819897 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:50:00 EST Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, joined hands with a major labor union Tuesday to endorse the idea of requiring large companies to provide health insurance to their workers, a move that gives a boost to President Obama as he is pushing for health legislation on Capitol Hill... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819894 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819894 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:48:00 EST Miami physician Roberto Rodriguez, 54, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion services. Rodriguez was also ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution to the Medicare program... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819893 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819893 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:48:00 EST A registered nurse who directed an allergy testing healthcare fraud scheme, was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $2.6 million in restitution, federal law enforcement officials announced today... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819892 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819892 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:47:00 EST Gainsharing continues to gain momentum, as evidenced by the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) approval of Goodroe's fourteenth gainsharing project in seven years... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819891 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819891 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:47:00 EST New Jersey-based NFI has partnered with the non-profit organization Medisend International in an on-going humanitarian effort aimed at closing the widening gap between the availability of medical resources and the increasingly urgent healthcare needs of residents of developing countries... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819890 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3819890 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:46:00 EST Doctors call them frequent fliers. They are the patients who leave the hospital, only to boomerang back days or weeks later. They have become a front-burner challenge not only for hospitals and doctors but also for those trying to rein in rising costs... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816291 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816291 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:37:00 EST For the first time, a case of swine flu has proven resistant to Tamiflu -- the leading pharmaceutical weapon against the new virus, international health officials said Monday. The resistance was seen in a patient in Denmark, who has recovered... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816290 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816290 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:37:00 EST Wide gaps in quality outcomes for women persist, not only when compared to men, but among hospitals and states, according to a new study released by HealthGrades... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816289 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816289 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:36:00 EST Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Monday that the administration will rescind all or part of three Medicaid regulations that were previously issued and delay the enforcement of a fourth regulation. Each of these rules, in whole or in part, had been subject to Congressional moratoria set to expire on July 1, 2009... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816288 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816288 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:36:00 EST Recommendations for how the HHS Office of the Secretary will spend $400 million in funds for patient-centered research, also known as comparative effectiveness research, were released by Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816287 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816287 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:35:00 EST From 2001 to 2006, an average of 129 Americans ages 65 and older were treated in emergency departments each day—a total of more than 47,000 each year—for injuries from falls that involved walkers and canes... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816286 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816286 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:34:00 EST Pharmaceutical companies are barred by the Food and Drug Administration from promoting unapproved drug uses, called off-label use, but they are using employees called "medical science liaisons," who are often physicians and pharmacists, as a legal way to discuss those uses... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816285 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3816285 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:33:00 EST HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a series of new reports Friday, on the healthcare status quo that highlight the urgent need for health reform across the nation... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812395 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812395 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:28:00 EST Eight Miami-Dade County, FL, residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $22 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of Miami businesses purporting to specialize in home health care services... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812394 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812394 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:27:00 EST Trenton, NJ – The former managing pharmacist at a Middlesex County pharmacy pleaded guilty of conspiring to defraud health insurers, including the federal Medicaid program, by submitting phony claims for reimbursement for prescription drugs, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., announced... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812393 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812393 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:27:00 EST Sempermed announced that it is a recipient of a 2009 GHX Best in Class Award for achieving the highest year-over-year market share growth for distributed products in the Gloves product category for the 2008 calendar year... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812392 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812392 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:00 EST Wisconsin was recently ranked number one in the nation for healthcare quality by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Wisconsin had the top overall healthcare quality score among all 50 states based on measures that AHRQ used to evaluate healthcare performance... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812390 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812390 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:00 EST Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital could lose out on Medicare payments effective July 12, but hospital officials believe they will fix issues Medicare investigators found before then. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812389 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812389 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:25:00 EST Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life. But this week the Food and Drug Administration is focusing on a seldom-discussed side effect of the medications: severe liver damage... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812388 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3812388 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:23:00 EST HPN, which for more than 32 years has covered the people, places, processes and products that influence the supply chain, selected Johnson City, TN-based Mountain States... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801489 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801489 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:02:00 EST The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) has created a deputy executive director position... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801488 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801488 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:01:00 EST Senate healthcare negotiators said yesterday they were closing in on a $1 trillion healthcare bill that would be fully funded by tax increases, Medicare cuts and new penalties for employers who do not offer health insurance... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801487 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801487 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:01:00 EST To help key decision-makers in the healthcare industry recognize the benefits of the SpaceTRAX inventory management software system... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801486 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801486 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST Surgical fires ranked high on ECRI Institute’s 2008 list of “Top Ten Health Technology Hazards,” and the issue continues to generate news headlines about tragic, disfiguring, and deadly accidents... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801485 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801485 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:59:00 EST Covidien is exhibiting a number of innovative devices for state-of-the-art hernia repair at Georgetown University Hospital’s Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR) conference in Washington, DC on June 25-27, 2009... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801482 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801482 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:58:00 EST The Joint Commission has been in discussion with multiple professional and trade organizations in regards to the common and proper use of sterilization using steam... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801481 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801481 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:57:00 EST Your mouth can tell you a lot about your overall health... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801480 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3801480 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:57:00 EST President Obama took his case for major healthcare reform to the airwaves Wednesday night in a nationally televised healthcare forum while congressional negotiators tackled numerous proposals relating to coverage and cost control... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797591 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797591 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:37:00 EST The past year has been brutal for South Florida hospitals -- and this year is likely to be worse... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797589 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797589 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:36:00 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Medtronic Inc. about failing to properly report and handle problems with its Synchromed drug-infusion pump and its MiniMed insulin pump... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797588 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797588 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:36:00 EST Fifty-three people have been indicted for schemes to submit more than $50 million in false Medicare claims in the continuing operation of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Detroit... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797587 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797587 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:00 EST Congressional investigators have discovered that large health insurers in every region of the country are relying on faulty databases to underpay millions of valid insurance claims... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797586 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797586 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:34:00 EST A combination defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization device reduced deaths by nearly one-third in patients with mild heart failure in a study that was terminated early on Monday because of its success, the device's manufacturer said Tuesday... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797585 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797585 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:34:00 EST Seasonal influenza in healthcare workers is a personal health threat, but also poses a significant risk to the patients in their care... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797584 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797584 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:33:00 EST Hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are working together to improve care in the intensive care unit (ICU)... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797583 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3797583 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:33:00 EST Contrary to the popular assumption that the new swine flu pandemic arose on factory farms in Mexico, federal agriculture officials now believe that it most likely emerged in pigs in Asia, but then traveled to North America in a human. But they emphasized that there was no way to prove their theory and only sketchy data underpinning it... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793494 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793494 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:21:00 EST Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told lawmakers Wednesday that President Barack Obama is willing to listen to suggestions on how to pay for a healthcare overhaul, as long as they don't increase the deficit... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793493 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793493 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:20:00 EST Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793491 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793491 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:19:00 EST GS1 Canada and GHX have agreed to form a strategic alliance to create a global standards-based product registry for healthcare products... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793490 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3793490 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:18:00 EST