- Technical difficulties, complications plague robotic surgeries (fiercehealthit.com)
adoption of robots to help in minimally invasive surgery grows, so, too, do technical difficulties and complications...researchers indicated that...rates are high because of procedure complexity, infrequent use of robotic devices and less expertise...
- VA manager indicted on 50 counts of falsifying records of veterans waiting for medical care (washingtonpost.com)In wait times scandal, indicted VA manager worked at hospital in turmoil (washingtonpost.com)
manager (Cathedral Henderson) at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Georgia is on leave with pay following his indictment on 50 counts of ordering his staff to falsify medical records of veterans waiting for outside medical care....first round of criminal charges stemming from a wait-times scandal...
- New cholesterol-lowering medications likely to trigger fight over prices (washingtonpost.com)
Food and Drug Administration this week is expected to approve the first in a new class of cholesterol-lowering medications (PCSK9 inhibitors).. that could represent the most significant advance in cardiology since statin drugs hit the market....their approval appears set to trigger the latest fight over the high price of many drugs....
- ASHP survey: Hospital pharmacists taking greater role in patient care (drugtopics.modernmedicine.com)ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: Dispensing and administration—2014 (ajhp.org)
Hospital pharmacists are taking a greater role in patient care, performing more medication-related patient transition-of-care interventions, 24/7 medication order review, and medication counseling, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists survey…
- Mass. General Hospital ranked best hospital in the land (boston.com)Browse Best Hospitals (health.usnews.com)
Boston’s doctors have done it again….U.S. News & World Report assessed about 5,000 hospitals to determine the “Best Hospitals” for 2015-2016, and Massachusetts General Hospital came out on top….runner-up the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins Hospital at No. 3.
- Nevada expects to spend more on Medicaid than planned (rgj.com)
Many more Nevadans than expected have enrolled in Medicaid after Gov. Brian Sandoval opted to expand eligibility, meaning the state will be paying more than projected once the federal government scales back its support.
- Community hospital vs major medical center: Sometimes local care is the better option (fiercehealthcare.com)
Patients with complex needs, such as those diagnosed with a rare type of cancer or those in need of a heart transplant, will clearly need care at a specialty hospital...for routine and commonly performed procedures, such as total hip and knee replacements, community hospitals with experience treating these conditions may be a good option,...
- Advocating for the Pharmacy Profession (pharmacytimes.com)
Alex Wei, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy student, discusses a challenge in the pharmacy field. (video)
- The Pharmacies of the Future (pharmacytimes.com)
Daniel Kraft, MD, chair of medicine at Singularity University....discusses the pharmacies of the future.(video)
- The future of retail healthcare (fiercepracticemanagement.com)
evolving retail health market....demand is going to be so great for providers in the next 10 years that healthcare providers are going to have to figure out how to provide patients with access to care...."we've learned that to deliver quality care, the retail site has to change. It's not just one room. It's more about having a healthcare setting within a retail setting. That's the best of both worlds."......