Dialysis Rule Changes Followed by Transfusion Increases

May 13th, 2012

At the same time, the scorecard highlights some bright spots for that U.S., with notable gains in quality of care in areas that have been the main objective of public reporting or collaborative improvement initiatives. For example, 50 % of adults rich in blood pressure level been with them in order in 2007-2008, in contrast to only 31 percent in 1999-2000. In addition, hospital quality indicators to treat cardiac arrest, heart failure, and pneumonia, and prevention of surgical complications, have improved substantially across the country since hospitals began publicly reporting their quality data by way of a federal website.

A shift by the federal government in how it pays for drugs for dialysis patients may have had an unintended and potentially dire consequence, researchers say.

More Than 100 Are Charged in Medicare Fraud Sweep

May 8th, 2012

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United States authorities have charged 107 people, including doctors and nurses, for trying to defraud the federal Medicare health care program for the elderly and disabled of about $452 million.

More Than 100 Are Charged in Medicare Fraud Sweep

May 3rd, 2012

At the same time, the scorecard highlights some bright spots for that U.S., with notable gains in quality of care in areas that have been the main objective of public reporting or collaborative improvement initiatives. For example, 50 % of adults rich in blood pressure level been with them in order in 2007-2008, in contrast to only 31 percent in 1999-2000. In addition, hospital quality indicators to treat cardiac arrest, heart failure, and pneumonia, and prevention of surgical complications, have improved substantially across the country since hospitals began publicly reporting their quality data by way of a federal website.

United States authorities have charged 107 people, including doctors and nurses, for trying to defraud the federal Medicare health care program for the elderly and disabled of about $452 million.

Heartbeat Vibrations Power Pacemakers

February 5th, 2012

Building medical insurance exchanges will require individuals to build them and maintain them, servers to host them and legislation to supervise them. All of this costs money, so this infusion of income may help states get their exchanges up and running. Why did Alaska and Minnesota not get grants? Since they actively refused them

Though pacemakers require only small amounts of energy (about 1 millionth of a Watt), their batteries have to be replaced periodically, which means multiple surgeries for patients…

Medical Sensor Powered By The Rhythmic Action Of Rap Music

January 30th, 2012

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The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body. Acoustic waves from music, particularly rap, were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to treat people stricken with aneurisms or incontinence due to paralysis…

Enhanced View Of Muscles Possible With New Tool

January 25th, 2012

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Simon Fraser University associate professor James Wakeling is adding to the arsenal of increasingly sophisticated medical imaging tools with a new signal-processing method for viewing muscle activation details that have never been seen before…

An Easier Way To Remove Gallstones

January 20th, 2012

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For more than 100 years, the traditional treatment for the painful growths called gallstones has been removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy. But a new device, patented in China, promises to make removing the entire organ unnecessary…

Stroke Risk Increased By Atrial Arrhythmias

January 13th, 2012

There has been a substantial amount of debate over how effective, expensive and complex the recently-signed health insurance reform bill, called the Affordable Care Act, could eventually maintain many years in the future.

An irregular heartbeat that you don’t even feel but can be picked up by a pacemaker is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, says a new McMaster University study…

Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring Trial – Positive Results

January 8th, 2012

There has been a substantial amount of debate over how effective, expensive and complex the recently-signed health insurance reform bill, called the Affordable Care Act, could eventually maintain many years in the future.

Positive results were announced by Echo Therapeutics from its clinical investigation of its Symphony tCGM System in individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Echo is developing the system as a wireless, non-invasive, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery…

TriReme Medical, Inc. Receives FDA 510(K) Clearance For Chocolate PTA Balloon Catheter

January 3rd, 2012

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TriReme Medical, Inc. (“TriReme”), a leading developer of innovative devices for the treatment of complex vascular disease, announced that it has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Chocolate PTA balloon catheter (“Chocolate”) for the treatment of occluded peripheral arteries…