Three patients at the Phoenix VA Medical Center died, according to The Daily Caller.
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The Department of Justice and the Securities of Exchange Commissions have opened investigations of Theranos, a health technology and medical laboratory services company based in Palo Alto, Calif., after claims the company had misled investors and government officials, according to…
Staff members at outpatient care facilities do not follow recommendations for hand hygiene 37 percent of the time, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Researchers designed the Wisdom in Medicine study to evaluate how physicians cope, learn and change following a medical error, according to premed life.
The National Science Foundation recently awarded Angela Brown, PhD, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and her research team a $500,000 NSF CAREER grant to fund the development of a unique approach…
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A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that patients assigned a "non-urgent" status on arrival in the emergency room might still be sick enough to be hospitalized.
Physicians in the highest income tax brackets, including pain specialists, may have been presented with an unpleasant surprise in the last two years when they learned of their investment tax liability.
In an interview with MedCity News, Todd Johnson, the CEO of HealthLoop, reinforced how the company's approach to improving communication between patients and physicians fits into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care for Joint Replacement payment model.
Healthcare experts emphasize the importance of safety measurement improvements, according to The Journal of the American Medical Association. Ashish Jha, MD, of Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, of Baltimore-based John Hopkins Medicine,…
Many policymakers and stakeholders in the healthcare industry are urging the FDA to reduce the backlog of nearly 3,400 generic applications awaiting FDA approval, according to The Hill.