Health Record Push Lacks FDA Oversight, Risks Safety Problems
Twin Huffington Post Investigative Fund articles reveal some problems with government oversight when safety issues caused by electronic medical records arise.
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Twin Huffington Post Investigative Fund articles reveal some problems with government oversight when safety issues caused by electronic medical records arise.
A selection of today's opinions and editorials
Five years ago, two cardiologists discovered that a company had been knowingly selling faulty heart defibrillators that short-circuited and failed, ending several times in the unnecessary death of patients.
States address various health care policy issue.
Medical innovators are not just looking to develop the next best technology anymore, but also the cheapest.
State and local officials in Florida, Nebraska and Arizona have examined budget-boosting plans to reduce subsidies for retired public employees, but the proposals have met stiff resistance.
The Washington Post reports that President Barack Obama seems to have put health care on the "back burner" as he focuses on financial reform and nuclear proliferation.
News outlets continue to report on Donald Berwick, President Barack Obama's nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Impact to hospitals is less than analysts expected.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports detailing how congressional Democrats plan to seek more federal regulatory control over health insurance rates.
UnitedHealth announces profits in first quarter.
Insurers had until Sept. 23 to cover young adults up to age 26 on their parents' policies, several companies have announced plans to begin sooner, to avoid a coverage gap.
Coverage for the uninsured, whether they work for a small business, want long-term care or buy individual policies, is in the news.
Pharmaceutical companies raised prices sharply last year ahead of new charges in the health law, including increased Medicaid rebates, but new charges reduced industry profits.
News outlets report on the effectiveness of several drugs to treat and prevent breast cancer.
The U.S. military will end its formal earthquake relief mission in Haiti on June 1, but some assistance will continue after that, Lieutenant General Ken Keen said on Monday, Reuters reports.
The Food and Drug Administration is calling for greater oversight of at-home medical equipment.
The Drug Enforcement Administration will back away from its limits on what drugs doctors can prescribe online.
Global funding for malaria reached $1.7 billion in 2009, a "ten-fold" increase since 2004, and the production of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) worldwide rose to 150 million last year, according to a report, released Monday, from UNICEF and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership, which also highlighted the need for additional funding, Agence France-Presse reports (4/19).
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