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Author: Christine Fisher Engadget That’s more than double the 15 million hacked in all of 2018. More than 32 million patient records were breached between January and June 2019. That’s more than double the 15 million medical records breached in all of 2018, says healthcare analytics firm Protenus. According to the company, the number of […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman The prevalence of alcoholic fatty liver disease with moderate-to-severe fibrosis doubled in the U.S. over a 15-year period, according to a research letter in JAMA. Examining data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, researchers found that the prevalence of alcoholic fatty liver disease was stable from 2001-2002 through 2015-2016, at […]
Read MoreBrady L. Stein, MD, MHS reviewing Authors: Khatib R et al. Blood Adv 2019 Mar 12 Beyond holding anticoagulation, adding vitamin K did not reduce mortality, bleeding, or thrombosis risks in nonbleeding patients with elevated INRs. Labile international normalized ratios (INRs) due to drug interactions, dietary changes, and acute illness increase bleeding risks in patients receiving vitamin […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young The CDC is calling on healthcare facilities to adhere to guidelines for preventing device- and procedure-related methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. New data show a slowing in the decline of healthcare-onset MRSA bloodstream infections. In MMWR Vital Signs, researchers report the following: From 2005 to 2012, the incidence of hospital-onset MRSA bloodstream infection declined by […]
Read MoreAuthor: Joe Carlson Minnesota Star Tribune 3M Co. declared legal victory Thursday after a federal judge dismissed lawsuits from more than 5,000 plaintiffs who said 3M’s Bair Hugger patient-warming device caused their post-surgical infections. “There is no legitimate scientific support for the plaintiffs’ theory,” Dr. Todd Fruchterman, general manager at 3M’s medical solutions business, said in […]
Read MoreEurekAlert JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Elevated risk of this common arterial disease lasts 30 years after quitting smoking A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that cigarette smoking boosts the risk of peripheral artery disease, and this elevated risk can persist up […]
Read MoreAuthor: Frank Opelka, MD, FACS American College of Surgeons Conventional wisdom is that doctors — and especially surgeons — do not want to bundle health care. Under the right circumstances in support of surgical excellence, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) supports team-based care and alternative payment systems that appropriately measure quality and value and assign […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ayla Ellison Becker’s Hospital Review Brentwood, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Pain Specialists, three of its principal owners, its former CEO and a chiropractor are accused of engaging in a false billing scheme that defrauded Medicare and Tennessee’s Medicaid program of $25 million, according to the Department of Justice. The details of the alleged scheme are included […]
Read MoreBY MARK GILLISPIE AP Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. The data, released this week by a federal court in Ohio as part of a far-reaching opioids case, shows that companies distributed 8.4 billion hydrocodone […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Preoperative albuterol helps prevent adverse respiratory events in children undergoing tonsillectomy, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study. Some 480 children aged 8 years or younger who were undergoing tonsillectomy under general anesthesia were randomized to receive inhaled albuterol or placebo roughly 20 minutes before surgery. Children with cardiopulmonary disease were excluded. […]
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