Hospitals installed more sinks to stop infections. The sinks can make the problem worse | Statnews.com
In a devilish case of unintended consequences, sinks have been linked to a number of outbreaks of serious infections in hospitals from Baltimore to Shanghai and many places in between in recent years. In one notable case, a hospital in the Netherlands took sinks out of the patient rooms in its intensive care unit in a bid to slow the spread of bacteria. (It worked.)
Medicare supplement letters allegedly misled Iowa seniors | DesMoines (Iowa) Register
Two out-of-state companies could face fines for misleading Iowa seniors about their Medicare options, regulators said Monday. The Iowa Insurance Division has filed administrative charges against the two companies, the Robert Stillwell Agency, based in Pennsylvania, and Senior Direct, based in Texas.
Abundance of stolen healthcare records on dark web is causing a price collapse | Cyberscoop.com
The large amount of leaked patient records stolen and posted for sale to the dark web in recent months has caused prices for most of those records to drop, according to new research provided to CyberScoop and conducted by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology and cybersecurity firms Flashpoint and Intel Security.
St. Jude Medical heart devices come under attack in security lawsuit | ZDNet.com
St. Jude Medical has once again come under fire relating to the security of the firm's medical devices. During a hearing relating to an ongoing dispute between the medical device maker, MedSec and Muddy Waters, a security company has alleged that security vulnerabilities in the firm's implanted heart devices also place patients at risk.
Public can report medical device problems at new FDA webpage | Minneapolis Star Tribune
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set up a new webpage where the public can report allegations of regulatory misconduct against medical device makers and marketers.
Texas nurse who contracted Ebola settles hospital lawsuit | CNN
A Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a patient has settled a lawsuit against the hospital where she became infected.
FDA seeks to improve hospital reporting of device injuries | Reuters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking to improve hospital reporting of injuries and deaths associated with medical devices after inspections at 17 hospitals revealed widespread under-reporting of such events.
