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Pharmaceutical firms paid to attend meetings of panel that advises FDA
By Washington Post | October 07, 2013
A scientific panel that shaped the government's policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical firms seeking to affect the thinking of the FDA.
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Finding their way home | Despite mixed evidence, providers increasingly look to medical homes for better care, cost savings
By Andis Robeznieks | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Many healthcare providers and payers are moving forward with patient-centered medical homes to improve primary care and care coordination and reduce costs, despite mixed research evidence of the cost-effectiveness of this major delivery system reform.
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Defense Department's EHR plan may cost taxpayers billions
By Joseph Conn | October 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Defense Department's on-again, off-again flirtation with the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA electronic health-record system appears to be on again. But this time, a lot of other suitors will compete for the military's affection and what likely will be billions of taxpayers' dollars.
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Shutdown postpones House hearing on health IT regulation
By Joseph Conn | October 03, 2013
A scheduled House committee hearing on the Food and Drug Administration's progress toward implementing a federal law requiring it to develop a regulatory strategy for health information technology was postponed Thursday, as the government shutdown continued into its third day.
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'Angelina Jolie effect' still having an impact on breast cancer
By ABC News | October 01, 2013
In May, actress Angelina Jolie stunned the world when she revealed that she'd undergone a preventive double mastectomy after genetic testing showed she was at a high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. Since her disclosure, there has been a marked increase in genetic testing at treatment...
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Health information technology can help prevent malpractice suits, authors say
By Andis Robeznieks | September 30, 2013
Diagnostic errors produce the vast majority of medical malpractice suits related to primary-care practice, and it's harder to successfully defend such cases than other types of malpractice suits, according to a report in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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FDA approves first pre-surgical breast cancer drug
By Associated Press | September 30, 2013
A biotech drug from Roche has become the first medicine approved to treat breast cancer before surgery, offering an earlier approach against one of the deadliest forms of the disease.
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Wachter urges focus on reduction of diagnostic errors
By Andis Robeznieks | September 26, 2013
At the sixth International Conference on Diagnostic Error in Medicine on Wednesday, Dr. Robert Wachter gave a quick history of patient safety and quality improvement but noted that activity to reduce diagnostic errors was noticeably absent from the movement's timeline.
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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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Hospital-based infections could be moving to doctors' offices
By Scientific American | September 25, 2013
When patients check into a hospital, they expect doctors there to fix what ails them, but 1 in 20 contract a healthcare-based infection. The problem is not a new one, top health officials say, but as more patients receive minor surgeries and care at clinics and doctor's offices instead of pricier...
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