Report: NIH cleaning house in its maligned Clinical Center
Right now, Clinical Center leadership has little authority within NIH because clinicians and researchers in the hospital report to the heads of NIH's 27 different institutes and centers.
Happy 200th birthday, stethoscope. Why are you still here?
Digital photography may have killed film in what seems like the space of seven years, but let's face it, medicine moves so much more slowly than the rest of the world when it comes to embracing change.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Malpractice suit shows power of the smartphone to hold providers accountable
A Virginia jury last week slapped an anesthesiologist with a $500,000 fine for defamation and medical malpractice for insulting a sedated patient during a colonoscopy, then falsifying the medical record.
Race for resolution: House plan would delay medical device excise tax to end shutdown, Senate plan would ignore it
In the snail race to end the government shutdown, House Republicans have proposed a new bill, which among other things, would delay the medical device excise tax for two years. The current proposal in the Senate doesn’t mention amending, much less repealing, the medical device excise tax. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told the Washington Post […]
WaPo on why medical device excise tax is ‘weak’
Armed with a map and stats from John Eckberg, Cook Medical media relations director, the Washington Post’s Wonk Blog editor Ezra Klein makes a convincing argument for why the medical device excise tax repeal effort is so “compelling.” Here are Klein’s reasons why the medical device excise tax is “weak”: The lobbyists helped [with the […]