This 13-Year-Old’s Tool Could Change Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
TIME Health By Jamie Ducharme October 19, 2018 Rishab Jain at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge Andy King for Discovery Education An Oregon teenager’s innovation could change [...]
KEEP HOPE ALIVE !!!
AT HOME WITH INYAN February 21, 2018 BY ALEX GANS "Good morning. This is a nurse at the emergency room of Moses Taylor Hospital calling. We wanted to let you know the police brought your father in during the night.” So began [...]
TRIUMPH: Triple Low-Dose Combo Pill a Success in Hypertension !!!
MEDSCAPE >HEALTH NEWS Sue Hughes March 13, 2018 ORLANDO — A pill combining low doses of three antihypertensive medications decreased blood pressure faster and more effectively and increased the number of patients reaching goal compared with usual care, without increasing adverse effects, [...]
8 Health Benefits of Drinking Wine
Every year, there is a flurry of headlines about the health benefits of wine. But can drinking wine really make a difference? Here, the news—very good news, indeed—from the latest studies. Note: The health benefits come from moderate wine consumption, defined by [...]
DOJ: Personal trainer posed as physician in $25M scheme
Written by Ayla Ellison |Becker's Hospital Review - October 18, 2017 A 54-year-old personal trainer was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 12, and charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud insurance companies by submitting more than $25 million in false [...]
Disaster prep for country’s biggest fear: NJ hospitals simulate response to nuclear attack
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealth Apr 27, 2017 1:31pm Hospitals across New Jersey practiced on Wednesday for what would likely be one of the greatest challenges faced by their emergency preparedness teams: a nuclear attack. “Operation Gotham Shield” was designed to [...]
Joint Commission reaffirms ban on texting orders
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealthcare Jan 9, 2017 11:02am Citing burdens on clinicians that could lead to treatment delays, the Joint Commission said its ban on doctors using text messages to order treatments will stay in place for the time being. [...]
Adding a self-assessment to HIPAA’s risk analysis strengthens overall security
by Evan Sweeney | FierceHealthcare Jan 16, 2017 12:26pm Under HIPAA, healthcare organizations are required to conduct a periodic security risk analysis, but one executive says health systems should do a more comprehensive self-assessment that pulls in a broader scope of [...]
Donald Trump picks David Shulkin to lead VA
By Leslie Small | FierceHealthcare Jan 11, 2017 12:24pm President-elect Donald Trump has selected current Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Health David Shulkin to lead the VA, he announced Wednesday at his first postelection press conference. Shulkin, Trump said, “will [...]
4 ways hospitals can improve health equity
by Paige Minemyer | FierceHealthcare Jan 4, 2017 4:35pm Hospitals are often one of the most significant institutions within their local communities, and with a few strategies, leaders can promote better health equity and care access to hard-to-reach patients. In a [...]