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A professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Medical Electronic Device Realization Center said upcoming medical devices would move a great deal of healthcare into the patient's home, according to a report by EE Times.

A new FDA draft guidance specifies what kinds of changes in existing medical devices would require new 510(k) submissions, according to an FDA release.

Physical inactivity and high body mass index are linked to an increased risk of chronic pain in the low back and neck, according to a report by the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The drug idebenone improved the vision and perception of color in patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, which leads to loss of sight in both eyes, according to a report in Brain.

Two co-owners and operators of pharmacies in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been arrested on healthcare fraud charges for their alleged participation in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Luba Balyasny…

A former worker from New York’s Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has admitted to embezzling more than $1.5 million by ordering, stealing and reselling printer toner. Read more at Becker’s Hospital Review.

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has announced the appointment of Standiford Helm II, MD, as president.

The Commonwealth Fund has updated its hospital compare website, WhyNotTheBest.org, with information on central line-associated bloodstream infections and county-level data on hospital quality. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on WhyNotTheBest.org.

The National Quality Forum, with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has identified 30 safe practices that can reduce or prevent adverse events and medical errors.

Here are the median hourly wages of the largest occupations in ambulatory healthcare services, according to May 2008 occupational employment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.