Proposed legislation that would allow advance practice nurses to practice independently risks patients' safety, a group of pain specialists told Minnesota state legislators earlier this week. Bills sponsored by state Sen. Kathy Sheran and state Rep. Dan Schoen would grant full practice...
“Over the past few months, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been exploring the use of wearable computing,” John Halamka, MD, wrote in a KevinMD post this week. “In the emergency department we’ve been evaluating an early unit of Google Glass, a high tech pair of glasses that...
Georgia hospitals could scale back their services under a plan unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Nathan Deal meant to help rural communities keep healthcare facilities open. Speaking to the Rural Caucus of the General Assembly earlier this week, Deal proposed a change in hospital licensure rules that...
It’s a good month for money and numbers—tax preparation, March Madness, and the 2014 MSP Salary Survey! HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center team wants to gauge the financial prospects for MSPs in 2014. Please take a few moments to complete our updated salary survey. If you’ve done this...
A shift in healthcare toward minimally invasive procedures performed with robot technology—for which safety often is disputed—is driving growth in the medical robot market. The market is expected to reach nearly $3.8 billion by 2018, expanding at a compounded annual growth rate of 16.1%,...
Legislation that has been proposed in the state of Washington would create a “quality improvement program” for physicians that would allow the Washington Medical Quality Assurance Commission to intervene “in cases of questionable behavior or care, or in cases where there is reasonable cause...
