A case study presented at APIC suggests aggressive response can quell deadly, drug-resistant acinetobacter outbreak in the ICU.
A new report says MRI is more accurate than CT scans for stroke testing.
Hospitals that use infection-tracking computer technology are better able to meet research-based infection control guidelines, according to a new study.
No absolute duty imposed by state law, court finds.
DOTmed News' Brendon Nafziger summarizes today's top news headlines.
Settlement resolves first of its kind HIPAA violations suit.
Final rule offers flexibility in criteria for providers.
A medico-legal update from DOTmed Business News.
The $480 million purchase will add stroke-treatment products to the company's offerings.
Chalk River reactor not a 'magic bullet' to end radioisotope woes.
DOTmed News' Heather Mayer summarizes today's top news headlines.
Groups urge the FDA to implement codes that could help patients while saving health care dollars.
Obstetricians can now show expectant mothers their babies in 3-D.
The diabetic drug will go to the FDA's advisory committee to determine its safety.
Report focuses on potential conflicts of interest in the academic institutional setting.
The controversial ban will now go before a conference committee.
A medico-legal update from DOTmed Business News.
Changes made to definitions of covered entities, access to information.
DOTmed News' Brendon Nafziger summarizes today's top news headlines.
There are fewer than 10 centers in the country, and this new center is only the second in the West.
Public can comment on requirements for chain restaurants and other venues.
A new mathematical formula will help calculate radiation doses more accurately.
The radiologic organization works to keep health care providers in the loop.
DOTmed News' Olga Deshchenko summarizes today's top news headlines.
Patients with hard-to-treat high blood pressure who tweak their medication schedules after self-monitoring saw a nearly 50 percent greater drop in blood pressure than those receiving typical office-based care, according to the results of a new trial.
A summary of potential beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act.
Good news for the easing of the moly crisis.
For anyone who has ever had a meal so delicious that it's been dreamed about ever since with the realization it could never be created exactly again, there's hope.
The three-month long battle over contracts ended Tuesday night.
An implantable miniature telescope designed for patients suffering an age-related "blind spot" received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval Tuesday.
DOTmed News' Brendon Nafziger summarizes today's top news headlines.
Hologic acquired Sentinelle Medical for $85 million.
President Barack Obama issued three recess appointments today.
Dutch reactor progresses toward August re-start.
The fund is an effort to provide support to pregnant and parenting teens and women.
Debt-ridden North General Hospital stopped accepting ambulances Tuesday morning as a new urgent care clinic taking its place began seeing patients, according to reports.
The union needs 51 percent of its members to vote in favor of the contract.
Unnecessary ER X-rays were reduced through a center-wide policy, according to a study.
