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Web Exclusive: Rural Hospitals Fight to Block $16B in Federal Cuts
As political power players in Washington continue to bicker and wrangle over the country's debt ceiling crisis, rural...
Drug approvals slipped in 2010
The Food and Drug Administration approved about 21 drugs in 2010, a relatively modest figure that shows the...
Pill mill doc gets 25-year prison term
A former San Fernando physician convicted of improperly prescribing powerful painkillers to drug addicts and undercover...
Baylor heart hospital has lowest readmission rate in the U.S. for second straight year
  Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, for the second year in a row, had the lowest readmission rate for heart...
Medicare to pay bonuses for e-prescribing
Beginning in 2009, doctors can earn additional money from Medicare if they use electronic prescribing systems, U.S...
New safety program to monitor Medicare drug use
Federal health officials will begin monitoring prescription drug usage by Medicare participants in an effort to...
One in four disabled seniors use risky or ineffective medicines
Roughly a quarter of Americans with disabilities age 65 and older reported using at least one prescription drug deemed...
Physicians face Medicaid’s April 1 deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads
By April, federal rules will required that written Medicaid prescriptions have at least one feature to prevent...
CA hospital fined after wrong meds caused patient’s death
Washington Hospital in Fremont was fined $25,000 by the California Department of Public Health because a heart patient...
Heparin ingredient linked to 21 deaths was modified
The main ingredient in recalled Heparin was modified to yield the contaminant linked to as many as 21 deaths among...

Newsletter: Medical Environment Update
Timely medical compliance news from OSHA, CDC, EPA, and other regulatory agencies!
Video: Bloodborne Pathogens Training Video
Meets OSHA requirements for training employees on the bloodborne pathogens standard!
Video: Hazard Communication Standard Training Video
Meets OSHA requirements for training employees on the Hazard Communication Standard!
Video: Needlestick Prevention Training Video
Highlighting the five most frequent needlestick scenarios, this training video instructs frontline healthcare staff on...
Newsletter: OSHA Watch
This bi-monthly newsletter gives you the information you need to help you manage your entire OSHA compliance program.
Book: OSHA Training Handbook for Healthcare Facilities
This concise primer cuts through the clutter and illustrates how to maintain compliance. Save time trying to interpret...
Webcast: Proven Methods for Drastically Reducing CAUTIs
Join nurse practitioner Mikel Gray, PhD, PNP, FNP, CUNP CCCN, FAANP, FAAN, and chief of infection prevention and 2012...