Indian Firms Face Resistance in Digitizing U.S. Medical Records
Sensitivity over outsourcing and resistance by American hospitals to sending medical information overseas could prevent Indian technology companies from winning big contracts.
B. Braun Recalls Possibly Tainted Heparin
Initiating a voluntary recall of seven lots of heparin injection products.
Life Expectancy, Expected Years of Life Lost and Survival of Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
A recent study compares life expectancy, expected years of life lost (EYLL) and survival between hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
Impaired Growth in Utero Predictive in Kids with CKD
According to researchers, poor growth during gestation may point to continued growth problems among children with chronic kidney disease.
The Dialysis Industry Faces Bundling
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) reimbursement for dialysis is continuing to evolve. CMS believes they have adjusted payment, using statistical models, to recognize which patients are more expensive to treat and feel that they will be fairly compensating providers who treat such patients.
Public Health Will Benefit from Limits on Salt
Lowering salt content in processed foods appears to hold the most promise for improving population health.
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