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October 2016

FDA finds 17 hospitals failed medical device reporting standards (10/31/2016)

Acelity Embarks Upon the Next Frontier in Advanced Wound Therapy with the Launch of a Telehealth Solution for the Home Care Setting (10/31/2016)

20 hospitals get failing safety grade from Leapfrog (10/31/2016)

More money, better outcomes don't equate in cancer treatment (10/31/2016)

5 recommendations to reduce, prevent opioid overdoses (10/31/2016)

Premium assistance programs lead to fights between insurers, hospitals (10/31/2016)

Multidrug resistant HIV meets its match in ibalizumab (10/31/2016)

U.S. Supreme Court to take up nursing home arbitration case (10/31/2016)

5 things to know about the Chronic Care Act (10/31/2016)

Team hopes pill can prevent accumulation of Alzheimer's-causing toxic proteins (10/28/2016)

Are we truly taking advantage of technology? (10/28/2016)

Mobile apps improve control for those with type 2 diabetes (10/28/2016)

ACC, AHA combining hospital accreditation services (10/28/2016)

Hospitals, health plans incorrectly omitted from Illinois ACA exchange (10/28/2016)

Robotics, virtual games improve motor recovery in stroke patients (10/28/2016)

6 things to know about consumers’ healthcare policy priorities (10/28/2016)

WellCare Piloting In-Home Telemonitoring Program to Monitor Patient Vital Signs in Real Time (10/28/2016)

Antibiotics, infection and patients who share hospital beds (10/27/2016)

Largest Medicaid insurer in Mass. stops taking new members (10/27/2016)

Electronic prescriptions lead to better adherence rates for medications (10/27/2016)

Aging gracefully? Older blood just as effective in transfusions (10/27/2016)

Kaleo bringing back EpiPen-like device in 2017 (10/27/2016)

HCA transferring ownership of Okla. hospitals for $750 million (10/27/2016)

Facebook reveals mental illness, may offer avenue for treatment (10/27/2016)

How Purdue Pharma stopped insurer efforts to limit OxyContin prescriptions (10/27/2016)

Eat all the PB&J sandwiches you want—as long as you have an allergy patch (10/26/2016)

Price transparency led patients to choose lower-cost hospitals (10/26/2016)

Vermont approves all-payer, ACO-like system (10/26/2016)

One patient: C’mon, doc, EHRs aren’t all bad (10/26/2016)

3 things to know: HHS report measures progress toward value-based care (10/26/2016)

Telerehabilitation helps treat breast cancer, reduce side effects (10/26/2016)

Medtronic’s ‘artificial pancreas’ doesn’t fix biggest problems for diabetics (10/26/2016)

Aetna CEO: ACA return possible, but not until 2019 (10/26/2016)

3D printer produces 'heart on a chip' (10/26/2016)

Hackers crack into Baystate Health, access info for as many as 13,000 (10/26/2016)

Can exoskeletons speed recovery from stroke, spinal cord injuries? (10/25/2016)

Catholic Health Initiatives, Dignity Health exploring merger (10/25/2016)

FDA approves Merck’s Keytruda for lung cancer treatment (10/25/2016)

Medication error during Alliana nurses' strike changed hospital’s CMS status (10/25/2016)

CMS opens more alternative payment models for MACRA bonus (10/25/2016)

One nurse's goal: Making small print a big deal (10/25/2016)

Solutions for Succeeding under Risk-Based Payment Models Topic of AMGA 2016 Institute for Quality Leadership (10/25/2016)

PhRMA raises dues for drug companies (10/25/2016)

Benchmark ACA premiums up 25% for 2017 (10/25/2016)

Computer program beats clinicians in diagnosing eye spasms (10/25/2016)

BeeWell Launches Mobile App for Bariatric Specialists of North Carolina, Guides Patients Through Care (10/25/2016)

new book explains how information technology is changing Healthcare for the better (10/25/2016)

Precision biomarkers may improve breast cancer treatment (10/24/2016)

CMS star ratings criticized for ignoring socioeconomic factors (10/24/2016)

Fewer physicians, pharmacies faced DEA investigations as opioid addictions grew (10/24/2016)

Too few medical school grads choose family medicine (10/24/2016)

Enhanced recovery programs inform patients while decreasing pain, length of stay (10/24/2016)

Hospital, insurer, pharma lobbyists push back against public option (10/24/2016)

California’s ‘surprise’ medical bill law targeted by lawsuit (10/24/2016)

Clarius brings ultrasounds to your smartphone (10/24/2016)

Pediatricians recommend leaving children out of social media (10/21/2016)

Sysmex Canada introduces new hematology analyzers (10/21/2016)

President Obama defends ACA while calling premium increases ‘growing pains’ (10/21/2016)

Pediatricians provide guidelines for children and digital technology (10/21/2016)

First advanced certification for total hip, knee replacement awarded by Joint Commission (10/21/2016)

Complete digital home health solution gathers data from wearables and connected devices and makes it meaningful and actionable for clinicians, caregivers, patients and family members (10/21/2016)

CMS funding quality initiatives focused on both local and national improvement (10/21/2016)

AAAASF names new president (10/21/2016)

Smartphone can track calories, but can't keep the weight off (10/21/2016)

Pricey hospitals don’t change after negative publicity (10/21/2016)

Hospitals once sold cigarettes—what other practices will soon seem silly? (10/21/2016)

TriNetX partners with UC Health to offer more access to clinical trials (10/20/2016)

Casamba merges with HealthWyse, TherapySource (10/20/2016)

Sparta Systems launches cloud-based Stratas Quality Management (10/20/2016)

Orbita introduces HIPAA-compliant home health monitoring system (10/20/2016)

Boston Scientific introduces flexible hemostatic clip (10/20/2016)

Validic, Sutter Health partnership tests data transfer of wearables (10/19/2016)

St. Joseph Health pays $2.14 million for patient information breach (10/19/2016)

Healthgrades ranks top 50 hospitals based on clinical outcomes (10/19/2016)

St. Jude Medical forms cyber security board (10/19/2016)

UPMC’s acquisition of Susquehanna Health comes with $500 million in improvements (10/19/2016)

Pocket-sized labs: Smartphones could be latest tool in detecting cancer (10/19/2016)

ACA insurers get bigger premium hikes than requested (10/19/2016)

HHS more optimistic on ACA enrollment than financial analysts (10/19/2016)

Lazarex, ORIEN partnership hopes to expand cancer patients in clinical trials (10/19/2016)

Primary care physicians criticized for weak response to opioid addiction (10/19/2016)

‘It’s an outrage’: Psychiatric patients face long waits, stays in unprepared EDs (10/18/2016)

Lupus Research Alliance introduces clinical trial network (10/18/2016)

Fitness trackers shed light on patients' postoperative recovery (10/18/2016)

Mistakenly removing healthy kidney may cost hospital Medicare funding (10/18/2016)

CMS sued over long-term care rule (10/18/2016)

FDA awards 21 grants focusing on the treatment of rare diseases (10/18/2016)

How high-deductible health plans frustrate physicians (10/18/2016)

CMS primary care initiative meeting quality, savings goals (10/18/2016)

BCBS of Texas will launch new plan for children with demanding, complex conditions (10/18/2016)

ACA exchange enrollment could decrease in 2017 (10/18/2016)

Vaccine may provide a 'functional cure' for herpes (10/17/2016)

The uneven heart monitoring results of fitness trackers (10/17/2016)

Is Twitter a secret weapon for improving public health? (10/17/2016)

ACEP picks new president-elect, board members (10/17/2016)

HemaTerra introduces scheduling system for blood clinics, hospitals (10/17/2016)

Pinnacle-Penn State Hershey merger called off after loss in court (10/17/2016)

Corindus Vascular Robotics Appoints Suzette Jaskie Vice President Global Medical Affairs (10/17/2016)

Utah exec’s ‘holy grail’ of healthcare starts with listening to patients (10/17/2016)

New drug price transparency bill aimed at pharma ‘price gouging’ (10/14/2016)

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