Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that a study of a telemedicine program which transports stroke specialists via computer to the patient's bedside, using highly sophisticated video, audio, and Internet technology, could have an immediate impact on the treatment of stroke patients.
Researchers investigated the use of a site-independent telemedicine system when used to provide remote consultation leading to treatment decisions about stroke patients. The study was designed to determine if the "STRokE DOC" technology enabled physicians to make good treatment decisions, and better decisions than telephone consultations, when evaluating stroke patients across distant sites. The results showed that telemedicine evaluation led to better decision-making than telephone consultations in the care of patients.
Following a hike in neonatal intensive care admissions in recent years, and despite solid second-quarter figures, Pediatrix Medical Group of South Florida is now reporting a drop in the number of newborns at the hospital.
Residents will have to wait almost three more years for a hospital in Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish, officials have announced. The parish had hoped construction on the hospital would begin later this year, but a developer told the Parish Council that the project won't begin until June. A site for the 40-bed hospital has not yet been determined but once land is secured, a six-month environmental study must be completed. Lining up state and federal funding has also caused delays.
Transparency is an unretractable trend in healthcare, and almost every day some new subject arises requiring, or at least recommending, further disclosure in the healthcare marketplace, writes attorney Richard Cowart in this opinion piece for The Tennessean. Now, Cowart says, the disclosure of health information about corporate chief executives is all of a sudden an area of active deliberation.
Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $500,000 in fines after the federal government found that the company did not adhere to the Controlled Substances Act when it failed to report the importation of medications.
While the United Arab Emirates have been accustomed to growth and surplus in the past, recent reports of mounting debt, a possible unemployment crisis, and rising inflation are worrying many in Dubai.