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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

Bush Administration and reached an agreement to redirect a multi-million dollar fund for Massachusetts hospitals to provide subsidized health insurance for lower income workers. in 2006 to 1.9% It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance. Owning a car is a choice. Together, Romney and Kennedy approached the George W.

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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

That’s when the health system turned to a company that provides a turnkey SNF-care program. That company, which is based in Detroit, focuses on providing post-acute care, complete with physiatrists and APRNs, as well as care managers and coordinators. Those data can provide clues that patients may be starting to struggle at home.

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How to Run DMC? It’s Tricky – FDA’s New Draft Guidance Provides Updated Recommendations on How to Best Use Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog

Clissold — The trio of CDER, CBER, and CDRH released a new draft guidance titled “ Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials ” that revises the 2006 guidance “Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees” and, when final, will replace the 2006 guidance.

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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

Lately, though, it seems the system meant to provide this care is being bogged down by questionable decision-making. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. I originally wrote this piece in December, 2010. To pain control issues.

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How hospitals can cut admission delays by 30%

Today's Hospitalist

Those interventions included standardizing both bed assignments and nursing handoffs while having ED providers—not an inpatient team—enter skeletal orders when deciding to admit a patient. Key takeaways: Admission delays from the ED can adversely affect mortality, length of stay, medical errors and quality of care.

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FDA’s Proposal to Remove Oral Phenylephrine from the OTC Monograph Isn’t a Surprise but What is Left “Over-the-Counter”?

FDA Law Blog

As dictated by the process provided for in the 2020 CARES Act, FDA announced issuance of the proposed order in a Federal Register notice and published the proposed order itself on FDA’s website. Notably, the proposed order provides that the order, if finalized, will become effective one year after the final rule is published.

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FDA Phones a Friend: Joint Statement with CMS Eschews CLIA Modernization and Supports FDA Oversight of LDTs

FDA Law Blog

The joint press release provides support for the adage that “opposites attract”; FDA claims broad authority to regulate LDTs notwithstanding its lack of statutory authority under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, while CMS disavows the clear authority over clinical laboratory testing with which it has long been imbued under CLIA.

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