New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
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A Way For Biopharma To Disclose More Trial Data
[...] At a time when some regulatory bodies and biopharma companies are increasing their transparency initiatives involving access to clinical-trial data, disclosing trial results to volunteers could also go a long way toward strengthening public confidence. Read More »
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Aligning EHR Pateint Safety With Meaningful Use
It’s one of the abiding ironies of policymaking that, once the policies are set, things arise that probably should have been thought of before. According to a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of those things, when it comes to EHRs, is patient safety. Read More »
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Anatomy Of China’s Bird Flu Outbreak So Far
Only 4 of the 81 people with confirmed cases of bird flu in China have fully recovered, according to a new study of the outbreak by the New England Journal of Medicine. The report also confirms that human-to-human trasmission of H7N9, which could cause a deadly global pandemic, can’t be ruled out. Read More »
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Applying The Lessons Learned In Other Industries To Health Care
While grappling with the costs and imperfections of our health care system in recent years, a multitude of experts in the field found it useful and enlightening to compare health care to a variety of more familiar industries, and to suggest that health care should adopt operational models that have been shown to work well in those other industries...
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Barcoding Still A Key Tool For Safety
There is ample evidence that barcode technology for medication has had a significant impact on patient safety. But while most U.S. hospitals have adopted barcode medication administration, experts say there's big room for improvement...
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Browse Your Library’s e-Journals On Your Device With BrowZine
Review of BrowZine for iPhone, iPad, and Android...
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Camels And Contagion: Inside Global Hunt For Source Of MERS
With another case of the virus confirmed in the U.S., virus detectives are tracing its spread.
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Can IT Cure Healthcare's Inertia?
Perhaps you've seen the TV commercial for a popular arthritis drug that says, "A body at rest tends to stay at rest, while a body in motion tends to stay in motion." The ad refers, of course, to a law of physics called inertia--which brings to mind the U.S. healthcare system... Read More »
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Canadian Journal Open Medicine Closes
Open Medicine, an open-access journal started after a crisis at the Canadian Medical Association Journal, has closed. The editors say that after seven years, they are ceasing their struggle to keep the journal afloat...
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Committee Skeptical Of Extra VA Funding, Citing Ballooning Staff Size
Members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee expressed reluctance today to approve a $17.6 billion Veterans Affairs supplemental funding request for additional clinical staff and expanded facilities, in part, because the size of the Veterans Health Administration’s central office staff jumped more than tenfold from the mid-1990s to 2012...
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Cyber-Attacks on Healthcare Institutions on the Rise: Public Health Watch Report
With news this week that White House officials were fooled by a self-proclaimed “email prankster”—who posed as Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s advisor and son-in-law, and recently ousted Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, during correspondences with various cabinet members—it’s worth remembering that there are cybersecurity implications for healthcare institutions as well...
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Did Exposure To Burn Pits Cause Veterans’ Mysterious Ailments?
This is the third installment of a three-part series on veterans’ health...Four months ago, U.S. Army veteran Brandon Garrison played in an all-day softball tournament, a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project...
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EHR Innovation Gap Threatens Healthcare Progress
EHRs remain stuck in the pre-Internet age and dominated by entrenched vendors, according to recent New England Journal of Medicine commentary. Read More »
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Ex-Felons Are About To Get Health Coverage
Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Read More »
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Expensive Drugs Forcing Cancer Doctors To Weigh Price
...With new cancer drugs priced as high as $10,000 a month and more, and insurers tightening payment rules, patients who thought they were well covered increasingly find themselves having to make life-altering decisions about what they can afford.
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