The Institute of Medicine published a report critical of the safety of medical devices for children and the regulatory oversight provided by the FDA. According to this story (registration required) in the New York Times,
Monitoring of medical devices sold for children must be improved, a
major new report concludes, citing missed opportunities to uncover side
effects and […]
Fibertech Networks, a metropolitan-area network vendor operating in mid-size U.S. cities, announced it has signed nine new contracts in the first half of this
year with major healthcare providers.
Fibertech's footprint (i.e., the geographic area served by Fibertech) includes Hartford, Bridgeport, Stamford and New Haven,
Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Binghamton, White Plains and […]
The idea of the FDA mandating the barcoding of medical devices has
never struck me as particularly good. In the following open letter to
the FDA, Michael Depsey, founder and CTO of Radainse describes why he
thinks it's a bad idea.
Open Letter to FDA
By Michael Dempsey
The Honorable Lester Crawford, Acting Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fisher Lane
Parklawn Bldg., Rm […]
Last month I noted that HIMSS was providing a Legislative Cross-walk (Word document) for tracking and comparing pending national legislation. Now they've added a State Legislation Tracker to track HIT bills in state houses (currently at 98 bills).
Grand Rounds is up for another week of top posts from the health care and medical blog world. Check it out!
