Safety issues have again popped up in pharmaceutical units at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the problem this time being “environmental mold” found in a sucrose solution.

Hill-Rom has introduced the TruSystem 3000 Mobile Operating Table, a mobile table equipped with ergonomic handling, long-term reliability and patient safety. The conventional head and leg sections are detachable through a coupling system.

With the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the top of Republicans’ legislative to-do list in Congress, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, MD, R-Louisiana, have proposed a plan that aims for a middle ground: allowing states that like or dislike the ACA to choose their own path.

Republican members of Congress have plenty of doubts and concerns about what the current process for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could do to the health insurance market, according to a record of a closed door meeting obtained by the Washington Post. 

A report commissioned by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has found the bed linens it and hundreds of other facilities used carried fungus that has been connected to five mold-related deaths.

The rapid adoption of electronic medical records and cheapening computing power opened the floodgates for health data, creating a wealth of new sources and applications. A roundtable discussion at HIMSS17—led by James B. Golden, PhD, of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC)— aims to investigate how this new emphasis on data can benefit patients.

The administration of President Donald Trump has cancelled advertisements and outreach efforts designed to encourage people to sign up on the health insurance marketplace in the final days of open enrollment, a move which could lead to a sicker, older risk pool for insurers. 

The surprise of Donald Trump’s presidential victory was not lost on healthcare leaders, even during a busy RSNA 2016 in Chicago.