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PICCs are associated with a higher risk of deep vein thrombosis than are CVCs, especially in patients who are critically ill or those with a malignancy. The decision to insert PICCs should be guided b...
[Health Policy] Redefining global health-care delivery
Initiatives to address the unmet needs of those facing both poverty and serious illness have expanded significantly over the past decade. But many of them are designed in an ad-hoc manner to address o...
The need to align investments in health research and development (R&D) with public health demands is one of the most pressing global public health challenges. We aim to provide a comprehensive des...
[Comment] Peripherally inserted catheters: all that glitters is not gold
Indwelling central venous catheters are used widely for a range of indications, such as cancer treatment, diagnostic monitoring, and cardiac pacing; and administration of fluids, parenteral nutrition,...
Third NHS employer signs up in support of Speak Out Safely campaign
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the third NHS employer to publicly pledge its commitment to the principles underpinning our Speak Out Safely campaign.
New indemnity rules could cost nurses £1,200 a year, warns union
The union Unite has rejected government plans to require health professionals to have indemnity insurance in order to practise, arguing that it could cost health visitors and school nurses £1,200 a y...
Republicans Pressing Link Between Obamacare And IRS Scandal
News coverage of the ongoing IRS scandal is focusing on Republican criticism of Sarah Hall Ingram, who is now in charge of helping to implement the health care law. The New York Times: Rep...
Looking Toward 2014, GOP Linking IRS Scandal With Obamacare
News coverage of the ongoing IRS scandal is focusing on Republican criticism of Sarah Hall Ingram, who is now in charge of helping to implement the health care law. The New York Times: Rep...
Feds Make It Easier For States To Enroll Poor Under Health Law
The Obama administration is making it easier for states to sign up the poor for health coverage – and to help those people stay covered. On Friday, it informed state officials that they could si...
Meet the World's Most Advanced Brain Scanner
The super-MRI used in the Human Connectome Project is the ultimate brain hacking machine.
Following the conclusion of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) that the benefits of Diane 35 and its generics outweigh the risks in a specific patient group, the French National Ag...
Opioids for back pain are linked to increased risk of erectile dysfunction
Men who take opioid analgesics for back pain over a long period may have an increased risk of erectile dysfunction, a study has found.1Long term opioid use has already been linked with...
P values or confidence intervals?
The effectiveness of topical chloramphenicol in preventing wound infection after minor dermatological surgery was evaluated. Researchers performed a randomised placebo controlled double blind...
Misreporting of suicide after the L'Aquila earthquake
Until recently the suicide rate in the L’Aquila province of the Abruzzo region was greater than the Italian mean, but this changed abruptly in the aftermath of a natural catastrophe, the earthquake....
An evaluation of the first year of a major integrated care pilot—seen as a test bed for national government policy—has found little change in emergency admissions and in the wider use of health an...
News and press releases: International Clinical Trials Day: 20 May 2013
The European Medicines Agency supports International Clinical Trials Day, which is taking place on Monday 20 May 2013.
The Committee adopted by consensus a positive opinion for an initial marketing authorisation application for ProZinc (insulin human) from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH, for the treatment of di...
Pending EC decision: ProZinc, insulin human, Opinion date: 16-May-2013
IRS Controversy Fuels Republican Health Law Opposition
Just as the House took its 37th vote to repeal the health law, largely along party lines, the Republicans held their first hearing on the IRS's tax-exempt and government-entities division. Several med...
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) has recommended the marketing authorisation for Aftovaxpur DOE for use in response to outbreaks of foot-and...
CBO: Cadillac Tax's Bark May Be Worse Than Its Bite
Bloomberg: Health Law's Cadillac Tax Bite on Companies Drops by $57 Billion The U.S. health-care law’s projected tax bite on businesses with more generous health benefits is dropping as medical...
Updated Diagnostic Guidebook For Mental Disorders To Be Unveiled This Weekend
In advance of its release, the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has triggered debate and controversy surrounding the many changes included in this 947-page book...
Some Hospitals Under The Microscope For Steep Pricing
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report on specific hospitals that have been shown to be among the most expensive in the nation. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports on interest from some Sena...
Patient And Physician Prescribing Information A Powerful Aide In Drug Marketing
The New York Times: Pills Tracked From Doctor To Patient To Aid Drug Marketing The information allows drug makers to know which drugs a doctor is prescribing and how that compares to a colleague acros...
Viewpoints: Health Law's Effect On Patient Safety; Angelina Jolie's Surgery Is The Ultimate 'Choice'
The New York Times: Learning From Litigation Much of the discussion over the Affordable Care Act has focused on whether it will bring down health care costs. Less attention has been paid to anot...
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Wisconsin and California. CQ HealthBeat: OIG Final Rule Allows Medicaid Investigators To Use Data Mining State Medicaid fraud investig...
State Highlights: State Medicaid Investigators Get More Money To Investigate Fraud
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Wisconsin and California. CQ HealthBeat: OIG Final Rule Allows Medicaid Investigators To Use Data Mining State Medicaid fraud investig...
CMS Examines Interaction Between Medicaid And Health Insurance Exchanges
Also in the news, developments on Medicaid expansion from Arizona, Ohio and Iowa. CQ HealthBeat: At MACPAC, Discussion Of Interaction Between Medicaid And Exchanges The Centers for Medicare and...
Liberty University's Challenge To The Health Law Has A Day In Appellate Court
Mathew Staver, the university's lawyer, told the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that Liberty would face millions of dollars in penalties if it refuses to provide employee health insurance tha...
Conservative Lawmakers Seek To Capitalize On Link Between Current 'Scandals' And Health Law
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was among the members of Congress linking the I.R.S. scandal to the repeal vote and even talk of impeachment. Politico: Conservatives Link IRS Mess To Obamacare...
Republicans Ask GAO To Probe Sebelius' Fundraising
GOP lawmakers seek an investigation of the Health and Human Services secretary's efforts to secure more funding for a private group that will help with the implementation of the health alw. At the sam...
I.R.S. Controversy Fuels Republican Health Law Opposition
Just as the House took its 37th vote to repeal the health law, largely along party lines, the Republicans held their first hearing on the I.R.S.'s tax-exempt and government-entities division. Several...
Each week, KHN reporter Alvin Tran compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. JAMA Surgery: Surgical Residents' Perceptions of 2011 Accreditation Council For Grad...
Research Roundup: Surgical Residents Not Happy With New Schedules
Each week, KHN reporter Alvin Tran compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. JAMA Surgery: Surgical Residents' Perceptions of 2011 Accreditation Council For Grad...
Political Cartoon: 'Cock-A-Doodle Don't?'
Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Cock-A-Doodle Don't?" by Mike Luckovich. Meanwhile, here is today's health policy haiku: EGG ON YOUR FACE The...
News and press releases: Benefits of Diane 35 and generics outweigh risks in specific patient group
The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of Diane 35 (cyproterone acetate 2 mg, ethinylestradiol 35 micrograms) and its gene...
European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the benefits of Diane 35 (cyproterone acetate 2 mg, ethinylestradiol 35 micrograms) and its generics...
Rise in number of unpaid carers and young carers
"Children are picking up the caring roles the state has abandoned," The Guardian says, while The Independent says that 180,000 children work as unpaid carers. These new figures come from the...
Future of NHS Direct becomes more uncertain
Nurses working for NHS Direct face yet more uncertainty as it emerged that their employer may not continue to deliver the new NHS 111 service beyond the end of next March.
Funding for hospitals to go digital
Health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced a new £260 million fund to increase the use of technology in hospitals.The fund will be used to replace paper based systems for patient notes and prescrip...
IVF snapshot technique praised
An IVF technique that takes thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo can help avoid miscarriages and improve live birth success, it is claimed.
Time-lapse technique may boost success rate of IVF
“IVF advance triples couples' chances of having a baby”, The Daily Telegraph reports. The innovation in question is actually based on an old imaging technique called time-lapse photography, where...
52,000 vaccinated against measles
More than 50,000 people have been vaccinated against measles in a major campaign to battle a growing epidemic.
Jab fear 'linked to weak knowledge'
People who have poor general knowledge about science are more likely to be fearful of getting vaccinations for themselves or their children, a poll has suggested.
Mental health services 'lack equality'
The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
NMC council members swept away in overhaul
Almost all the nursing regulator’s council members have been replaced in a complete overhaul designed to improve how the Nursing and Midwifery Council operates.
