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Independent Survey Indicates Med Tech Companies Have Broad Support for AdvaMed Code of Ethics Survey shows 90 percent of companies surveyed have AdvaMed ethics policies in place.
AHA Proposes Changes to Draft Definition of "Meaningful Use" Letter to National HIT Coordinator points out problems in implementation for hospitals.
Healthcare Information Management Service (HIMSS) Releases New White Paper HIMSS has released a new white paper -- Defining and Testing EMR Usability: Principles and Proposed Methods of EMR Usability Evaluation and Rating.
CareFusion Launches New Brand Cardinal health spinoff takes an important step toward going public later this summer.
ACR Talks to DOTmed About the Utilization Rate Controversy What the problems are, what possible solutions exist.
Medical Suppliers Go to "The Max" for Health Care Market Intelligence Vendors and distributors in the health care industry are increasingly turning to market intelligence tools to help them stay competitive in today's economy. Read DOTmed's profile of The Max, a leading medical market intelligence service.
VA Infections Spark Calls for More Oversight House committee calls for centralized control of the veterans' health system after a recent spate of infections that may be linked to faulty endoscope sterilization.
Health Reform Round-Up: House Committee Hearings Three days of recent testimony on the Hill focus on the draft proposal for health care reform. Read DOTmed's exclusive weekly update.
CMS Medicare Pay Plan Announced CMS proposes payment, policy changes for physician services to Medicare beneficiaries in 2010.
First Patient Receives Cardiac Stem Cells to Heal Damage Caused by Heart Attack Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have completed the first procedure in which a patient's own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into the patient's heart in an effort to re-grow healthy muscle after a heart attack.
Lower Manhattan Children Exposed to Terrorist Attack Suffering From Breathing Problems
Of the 3,184 (53 percent) children's registered in the World Trade Center Health Registry experienced new or worsened shortness of breath, sinus problems or wheezing following the 9/11 attack. And, 180 children who registered have been diagnosed with asthma.
It is estimated that almost half of the children were caught in the dust cloud, a significant factor in developing new asthma and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and half witnessed a disturbing event that day.
A city-sponsored Web site (www.nyc.gov/html/doh/wtc/html/home/home.shtml) published these findings for New Yorkers and others whose health was affected by the attacks. The site includes previously unreleased information from the registry about lower Manhattan residents.
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