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NBC News By Benjy Sarlin The legislation’s most contentious provision would end private health insurance and replace it with a government system. As the debate over “Medicare for all” heats up on the 2020 trail, House progressives are opening a new front in Congress with a detailed single-payer bill that they plan to aggressively push this […]
Read MoreBy Meg Bryant Healthcare Dive Jan 2019 Dive Brief: The healthcare industry started to show real momentum in electronic administrative transactions in 2018, after several years of more modest gains, according to the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare’s (CAQH) latest progress report. Strides were made in adoption of electronic transactions, cuts in the numbers of manual […]
Read MoreBy Mike Hixenbaugh Houston Chronicle Regulators found 122 incidents in which St. Luke’s staff made mistakes involving the labeling of blood over a four month period, from September to January, according to a scathing report issued last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Six days after Thanksgiving last year, a 73-year-old woman showed […]
Read MoreFrom Cardiac Anesthesiologist blog For immunocompromised patients and high-risk neonates, administer intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis on a case-by-case basis. Intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis should not be administered routinely. In preparation for the placement of central venous catheters, use aseptic techniques (e.g. , hand washing) and maximal barrier precautions (e.g. , sterile gowns, sterile gloves, caps, masks covering […]
Read MoreAuthor: David D. Luxton, PhD, MS AMA Journal of Ethics Abstract This article discusses ethical responsibility and legal liability issues regarding use of IBM Watson™ for clinical decision making. In a case, a patient presents with symptoms of leukemia. Benefits and limitations of using Watson or other intelligent clinical decision-making tools are considered, along with […]
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