B. Braun Acquires Patent for Wireless Communication Between Medical Devices And Hospital Information Systems
The patent relates to the company’s Smart Pumps and DoseTrac Infusion systems whereby the software can be read at a nursing station or anywhere else where a computer is available…
Teens Seek Sex Ed Online.
Deb Levine, Chief Executive of ISIS, writes on her blog about the findings of a survey looking at how adolescents learn about various topics including sex education. Not surprisingly sex…
Hospital Mortality Rates Rise in July
It has often been suspected that death rates in hospitals rise particularly in the summer when a new crop of medical residents start. Previous studies have been inconclusive. A new…
Health Care Buzz Today
Docs Averse to Sharing Patient Data, Even for Public Health. When it comes to disclosing identifiable patient information, family doctors are reluctant to do so – even for public health…
Most Beautiful Hospitals
I went to San Diego this weekend and while there toured the USS Midway. Of course, I couldn't resist a couple pictures of the ship's hospital. Below you see the…
Google + Replaces Google Health
How convenient Google + is the new girl on the block. Just like a new face in school, everyone wants to get to know him/her. After a few days…
In Battle Against HAIs, Innovative Biotechs Play Key Role
HAIs (hospital acquired infections) are the cause of 1.7 million infections and 100,000 deaths per year in U.S. HAIs (hospital acquired infections) are the cause of 1.7 million infections and 100,000 deaths…
Contraception for Techno-Doctors
What? Just what am I talking about? Give me a minute. More and more people are telling me too often they are encountering doctors who 1) don’t look them in…
Packing on the Pounds? Blame the Potato
Americans gain nearly one pound of weight each year after reaching adulthood. Scientists have long speculated about the source of that gain. An article in the New England Journal of…
Maybe We Don’t Need to Train So Many Doctors
The CEOs of two academic hospitals are upset that Congress may reduce the funding for Graduate Medical Education (GME) paid through Medicare. To fight back, they’ve written a scare story…
