Government releases updated guidelines on prescribing pain medications
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Haymarket Media
Aug 13, 2004
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued updated guidelines for healthcare professionals and law enforcement personnel on the clinical and regulatory issues of prescribing controlled pain medications.
FDA publishes cybersecurity advice for medical devices
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 05, 2017
Thanks to significant technological advances in patient care over the past decade, many medical devices are now being designed to connect to a hospital or long-term care facility’s network, or even...
Real estate: Clearer vision — Seniors housing may not be as data-rich as other real estate sectors....
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 08, 2005
Tell someone his personal gesture is “transparent” and you need to watch out for a possible uppercut to the jaw.
But comment about transparent information to somebody who might pump money into...
Providers balk at reform bid
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 05, 2015
LeadingAge gave the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a long list of concerns with recently proposed regulator’s reforms, a lead lobbyist said in an August letter.
How to do it … information technology
Sep 01, 2013
Acquiring a software package completes one process for providers, but it also initiates another: A quest to enhance staff knowledge and skills for using the new information technology. In this special...
Is posting ownership information required?
Mar 01, 2011
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Information Technology Feature: An IT Essential
By
Julie Williamson
Dec 06, 2007
When it comes to protecting information technology, asset
management is not an optional task, technology experts say
More poor performers to be named?
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 06, 2007
Lawmakers, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release the balance of nursing home names on the highly publicized “special-focus...
Senate to mull tort reform
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Haymarket Media
Apr 07, 2006
Next month, the Senate will address a measure that caps non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits at $750,000.
Information Technology: Record Savings
Mar 04, 2005
President Bush is willing to spend more on healthcare IT now so electronic records and other innovations will reduce future costs.
An old business aphorism holds that it’s necessary to spend money...