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Flu vaccinations peaked last year, but still short of goals
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 26, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Influenza vaccinations among children and healthcare personnel reached record levels last year, according to federal officials, but the overall vaccination rate remained short of meeting goals of minimizing the risk of a potential outbreak.
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Bill would toughen compounding pharmacy oversight
By Steve LeBlanc / Associated Press | September 26, 2013
The FDA would have greater oversight over large-volume compounding pharmacies like the company that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, under federal legislation winning bipartisan support.
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FDA to focus on regulation of smartphones, wireless devices
By Joseph Conn | September 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As the number and array of health apps for mobile devices continue to explode, the federal government will keep its regulatory focus on a narrow band of products that pose the most potential risk.
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FDA calls for device IDs—in 2020
By Jaimy Lee | September 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A new rule requiring medical devices to be marked with identification information is expected to improve patient safety and make hospital supply operations more efficient. But the Food and Drug Administration will take another seven years to roll out the system, and much of its success depends on...
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How many die from medical mistakes in U.S. hospitals?
By ProPublica | September 20, 2013
It seems that every time researchers estimate how often a medical mistake contributes to a hospital patient's death, the numbers come out worse. A study in the current issue of the Journal of Patient Safety says between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each year who go to the hospital for care suffer...
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Seven N.J., Pa. systems form alliance to focus on population health management
By Beth Kutscher | September 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Seven systems that include 25 hospitals have formed an alliance to build expertise in population health management and capitalize on economies of scale without the complications of merging assets.
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Gonorrhea strain makes CDC issue warning of 'urgent threat'
By CNBC.com | September 19, 2013
For the first time in its history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is categorizing drug-resistant superbugs by threat level. On Monday, the CDC issued its highest level of warning for a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea—saying the sexually transmitted disease is an "urgent...
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Trade group says CMS failing to enforce laws against unlicensed orthotics, prosthetics
By Joe Carlson | September 18, 2013
A trade group representing the orthotics and prosthetics industry is accusing the CMS of failing to enforce anti-fraud and abuse laws against unlicensed providers at a time when legitimate providers are coming under fire from increasingly aggressive Medicare recovery auditors.
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Group meetings turn doctor visits inside out
By Los Angeles Times | September 18, 2013
A growing number of physicians around the nation are turning the traditional medical visit inside out, making what were once one-on-one, private appointments a group experience.
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Suspected human hair in tablet cited in FDA's Ranbaxy import ban
By Reuters via Yahoo | September 18, 2013
During a visit to a facility of leading Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories last year, U.S. inspectors found that a black fiber embedded in a tablet may have been a hair from an employee's arm.
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