HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In 2006, researchers at Rush University Medical Center found that a proactive effort of training environmental services staff and improving cleaning metrics from 48% to 87% led to a 50% reduction in the acquisition of VRE.

Hospitals 103

Hospitals Compliance COVID-19 Public Health 103

Health Populi

JULY 18, 2019

There was three-times faster-paced growth in unintentional deaths in the later years of this study (2014-2017) than in the first seven years studied (1999-2006)–1.9% Drug overdose death rates began to exceed motor vehicle traffic mortality in 2013. average annual increase in the early years compared with 6.8%

Public Health 56

Public Health 56

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

The excitement has been largely fueled by the renowned public health benefits of, and the seductive commercial opportunity for, a seamless hypertension management solution that is virtually invisible – part of what people are already wearing, such as smartwatches, earbuds, smart rings, and apparel.

FDA 106

FDA Public Health Licensing Telemedicine 106

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

“Provisional life expectancy at birth in the first half of 2020 was the lowest level since 2006 for both the total population and for males, and was the lowest level since 2007 for females,” the report observes. years between 2019 and the first-half of 2020.

COVID-19 109

COVID-19 Health Care Access Health Outcomes Public Health 109

Bill of Health

MAY 5, 2022

The Mexican Supreme Court not only stated reproductive freedom is a constitutional right that belongs to women and non-binary persons, but also reaffirmed that criminal law should not be the guide for public health policies regarding abortion.

Public Health 69

Public Health Doctors Governance Compliance 69

SQA

AUGUST 2, 2021

ISO 10651-5:2006, Lung ventilators for medical use – Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Part 5: Gas-powered emergency resuscitators. ISO5356-1:2015, Anesthetic and respiratory equipment – Conical connectors – Part 1: Cones and sockets.

FDA 83

FDA COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Industry Hospitals 83

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Over the ten years 2006 to 2016, deductibles increased an average of 176% and coinsurance, 67%. Wage growth over that decade was relatively flat, as workers covered by insurance through employers traded off health benefits for wage increases. This intolerable situation has escalated to a public health crisis.

Pharmaceutical Industry 52

Pharmaceutical Industry Hospitals Governance FDA 52

Bill of Health

MAY 10, 2022

Legal scholar Carol Sanger’s 2006 Columbia Law Review article exposes the “culture of life” goals of safe haven laws. These exist alongside and intersect with pro-adoption values and practices, and some safe haven advocacy groups provide resources for facilitating adoption.

Governance 301

Governance Public Health 301

Bill of Health

JANUARY 3, 2023

Raich (where the Court bent the Tenth Amendment to prohibit marijuana cultivation that was legal in California), the similar 2006 decision Gonzales v. They elevate these cases as proof of general liberalism in the Court’s interpretations of federal power to regulate health and the obsoleteness of Dent and Hawker. Oregon , and NFIB v.

Licensing 130

Licensing Telemedicine Governance Federal Policy 130

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This sentiment has been relatively stable since 2000 except for two big outlying years: a spike of 69% in 2006, and a low-point in 2003 of 42%. In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. Most people in the U.S.

Governance 71

Governance Medical Billing Medicaid Medicaid 71

Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 12, 2022

If the antivaxxers win in DeCostanzo , then society as a whole loses, because as the Supreme Court stated in Bruesewitz , “the elimination of communicable diseases through vaccination” is “one of the greatest achievements of public health in the 20th century.” 2006 WL 2038436, at *8 (N.D.N.Y. 2022 WL 17338047, at *1.

FDA 115

FDA Public Health Fraud Hospitals 115

Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Act empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures.”). OSHA draws a distinction between “hazards that employees face at work” and “broad public health measures.” for an emergency temporary standard. . . 655(c)(1). for an emergency temporary standard. . . See 29 C.F.R.

COVID-19 105

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health FDA 105

Drug & Device Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It is fair to say that Bexis co-founded this blog (in 2006!) in part to aid the cause of medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers , targets in our lawsuit-obsessed country. Can you blame us? This is good stuff! Federal preemption is based in the U.S.

FDA 105

FDA Public Health 105