http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=3677 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:31:51 EDT Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:03:00 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com TOKYO — Overwhelmed by a still-growing catastrophe, Japanese authorities struggled Monday to reach buried survivors and the missing, faced roadblocks in delivering aid and raced to contain an expanding nuclear emergency... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921823 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921823 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:43:00 EDT The IAHCSMM Executive Board has approved a change to its alternative certification process. After the May 15, 2011, sunset date, IAHCSMM will reinstate a processing fee for those wishing to transfer certification to IAHCSMM... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921822 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921822 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:43:00 EDT Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates plummeted 70% at Michigan hospitals when physicians and other medical staff members improved communication and followed a checklist designed to prevent lethal lung infections... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921821 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921821 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:42:00 EDT A new blood test measures particles that are shed by tiny blood capillaries that surround air sacs (alveoli) in lungs... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921820 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921820 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:41:00 EDT Age-related macular degeneration is a chronic eye disease and is the leading cause of vision loss in Americans over the age of 60 – but a new 15-minute procedure – on trial in the U.K. could change all of that. It involves an X-ray treatment... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921819 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921819 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:41:00 EDT A federal panel will meet on Thursday to evaluate growing concerns about whether anesthesia in young children, used in millions of surgical procedures, can in some cases lead to cognitive problems or learning disabilities... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921818 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921818 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:40:00 EDT Hospitals now have an alternative to saline irrigation with the introduction of IrriSept, the first and only FDA-cleared wound debridement and cleansing system containing chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG)... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921814 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921814 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:40:00 EDT CVS Caremark has been sued for allegedly using confidential prescription information to promote specific medications... http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921811 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=5921811 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:39:00 EDT 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 EDT 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 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:03:00 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT