Fierce Medical Devices: FDA Unveils Draft Guidance for Quick Feedback on Devices
Fierce Medical Devices July 13, 2012 | By Damian Garde In keeping with its pledge to work with devicemakers to speed up the approval process, the FDA has released draft guidance on a prospective pre-submissions program,
Healthcare Purchasing News: Sterile Processing a New Green Machine
Healthcare Purchasing News July 2012 by Julie E. Williamson It's no secret: while sterile processing departments play a critical role int he delivery of quality patient care and customer service, they're not exactly viewed as
Modern Healthcare: Number of Medicare ACOs More Than Doubles
Modern Healthcare July 9, 2012 By Melanie Evans and Jessica Zigmond Medicare's accountable-care experiment, which seeks to revamp how hospitals and doctors get paid, more than doubled in size with 89 newly named participants. The CMS added the latest
redOrbit: Hospital Safety Ratings Released By Consumer Reports
redOrbit July 8, 2012 Billings Clinic in Montana is the safest hospital in the US, while Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago scored lowest, according to Consumer Reports' first-ever list of the best and worst medical
MD+DI: Massachusetts Eases Ban on Gifts from Medical Device Manufacturers
MD+DI July 9, 2012 By: Jamie Hartford Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick on Monday signed into law legislation that partially repeals the state’s pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer code of conduct (PCOC), which required companies to disclose gifts
Fierce Medical Devices: Obama Signs FDA User Fee Extension
Fierce Medical Devices July 10, 2012 | By Damian Garde President Barack Obama signed the FDA Safety and Innovation Act on Monday, reauthorizing the agency and doubling the charge devicemakers will pay for approvals over the