Monthly Archives: July 2012

In a new report, findings concluded that whether or not states decided to expand Medicaid, states are in the midst of a fiscal crisis relating to rising healthcare costs and government pension obligations. [1] Medicaid …

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Last week, we discussed the increased use of skin care products in skilled nursing facilities as a method to ease the suffering of residents living with incontinence and pressure ulcers. In addition to this growing …

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rules regarding a Unique Device Identification (UDI) System. The rules will require medical device manufacturers to provide each item with a unique identifier in readable …

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Healthcare organizations are in the process of researching the way data is handled and stored on mobile devices in an effort to enhance privacy and security systems. However, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) …

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  President Barack Obama signed the bipartisan Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (S.3187) last week after being approved by Congress last month.[1]  The bill will allow the FDA to move forward with …

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