http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=3677 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:50:23 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com The January 2010 edition of Healthcare Purchasing News asked experts to evaluate the industry's and government's overall performance in 12 areas as they responded to the H1N1 pandemic. HPN's aim was to use the H1N1 response as a likely forecast of how both might respond to an even more serious and lethal pandemic. How would you grade the industry's and/or government's performance in any or all of the areas featured? http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4780986 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4780986 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:28:00 EST When makers of heart defibrillators wanted Medicare to vastly expand the types of patients eligible to receive the devices, which can cost upward of $25,000, agency officials were skeptical. It was not clear how many of those patients would actually need a defibrillator, a device that can deliver a life-saving shock to restore a faltering heart to normal rhythm.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437611 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437611 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:00 EST Does the swine flu pandemic pose a threat to your pet? Yes, according to a report out Thursday from the American Veterinary Medical Association.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437610 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437610 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:53:00 EST A state panel charged with healthcare unveiled its first major initiative Tuesday: an effort to improve hand-washing at Maryland hospitals. Called the Maryland Hospital Hand Hygiene Collaborative, it's funded by $100,000 in federal stimulus money provided through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437609 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437609 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:52:00 EST As hospitals escalate their efforts to decrease supply chain expenses, VHA Inc., the national healthcare network, has launched VHA DataLYNX, the newest component in its robust VHA SupplyLYNX analytics arsenal... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437608 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437608 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:51:00 EST Some of New York City's largest employers — including Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and big universities — have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their at-risk employees.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437607 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437607 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:51:00 EST The Affordable Health Care for America Act includes a new revenue provision that would establish a 2.5 percent excise tax on medical devices sold for use in the U.S. The tax applies to the “first sale” of all devices (Class I, II, and III) sold in the U.S. Device sales for resale, after production, manufacture or importation are not considered “first sale” and the tax would not apply.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437601 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437601 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:51:00 EST Stanley InnerSpace announced that SpaceTRAX has been awarded the Novation contract, effective for three years, to provide RFID and barcoding clinical inventory management solutions to its members.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437600 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437600 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:41:00 EST GCI ConnectMD, connecting over 200 clinics, hospitals, and medical organizations have partnered with Swedish Medical Center to enable components of the “virtual” bedside neurological evaluations for patients in hospitals throughout Washington State.... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437589 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=4437589 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:40:00 EST