By Shawn Rhea |
March 11, 2010
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Basic Web Registration The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian regulatory agency Health Canada have each approved the importation of molybdenum-99 from the Warsaw, Poland-based Maria Research Reactor for use in producing the imaging isotope technetium-99, according to a news release. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
February 17, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Medical products manufacturer Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., and the Institute of Atomic Energy in Poland have reached an agreement for the institute to provide Covidien with molybdenum-99, the nuclear waste byproduct used to produce the medical isotope technetium-99m, which is used in many imaging studies. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
February 16, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Health insurer Cigna International Expatriate Benefits, a division of Philadelphia-based Cigna, has added 4,000 additional hospitals and clinics to its network of providers in Russia. The providers are stationed largely in Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to a news release. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond |
January 25, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription As federal lawmakers argued about the future of the nation’s healthcare system last week, U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers were busy sending supplies and personnel to aid earthquake victims in Haiti. FULL STORY »
By Gregg Blesch |
January 25, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription The U.S. is pumping billions of economic stimulus dollars into infrastructure projects judged shovel-ready. In China, the shovels come first. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
January 18, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems late last week were scrambling to get much-needed medical resources into Haiti following the devastating earthquake that toppled many of the country's structures, damaged healthcare facilities and left tens of thousands of people dead and thousands more in need of medical attention. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
January 15, 2010
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Basic Web Registration HHS has activated the National Disaster Medical System and said it plans to send up to 12,000 medical personnel to Haiti in the coming days to provide care to earthquake victims. The healthcare workers, more than 250 of which are in the process of deploying, are members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The medical teams include doctors, nurses, paramedics, emergency room technicians, surgeons and emergency physicians, according to a news release. FULL STORY »
By Gregg Blesch |
November 30, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Rulon Stacey is so excited about Web conferencing that you'd wonder if he doesn't get out much, which isn't the case. FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
October 26, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Outbound medical travel fell by nearly 14% between 2007 and 2009 largely because of the recession, according to a new study from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. FULL STORY »
By Vince Galloro |
October 07, 2009
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Basic Web Registration HCA, Nashville, confirmed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has requested information related to a dispute about nurse scheduling and compensation at its six hospitals in the United Kingdom. FULL STORY »
By Cinda Becker |
August 09, 2004
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Basic Web Registration No other country in the world can beat the U.S. in medical technology. No other country spends as much for it either.The mantra "Americans have the best medical care in the world" is frequently recited by U.S. policymakers and clinicians, according to a study published in the May/June issue of the journal Health Affairs that compares the quality of care in five English-speaking countries. But international data--limited though it is--places the U.S. in the bottom quartile of industrialized countries in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality, according to the report.The best... FULL STORY »
