A shortage of nurses in U.S. hospitals is not about to ease any time soon because of shortcomings in the educational system, the chief executive of the largest U.S. health-care staffing company said in an interview. Reuters Health Information
A revised U.S. Senate bill would require drugmakers and medical device makers to publicly report gifts over $500 a year to doctors, watering down the standard set in a previous version. Reuters Health Information
Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Assistant Vice President, Quality Improvement and Efficiency, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, explains why US healthcare delivery systems should be revamped. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
This Expert Interview explores the state of psychiatry in terms of recent success, the current state of research and clinical care, and challenges that must be addressed as the field progresses. Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it was voluntarily recalling specific lots of three of its medications to protect patients from receiving potentially mishandled or damaged products after a truck carrying the drugs was stolen. Reuters Health Information
How patient privacy rules included in HIPAA affect QI studies is confusing. It is unclear when institutional review boards need to be involved and when patients need to be officially consented. The Hospitalist
Potentially inappropriate prescribing might be common among elderly inpatients. What are the rate of and factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing among hospitalized elders? Journal of Hospital Medicine
APP Pharmaceuticals Inc, the main supplier of the blood thinner heparin to the U.S. market in the wake of a contamination scandal, said on Thursday it was raising prices because of higher costs for raw materials, additional testing and labor. Reuters Health Information
Researchers from the CDC used nationally representative survey data to assess the relationships between body size satisfaction and weight control practices among US adults. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Women of childbearing age should be required to use 2 forms of birth control before, during, and after treatment with mycophenolate mofetil and mycophenolic acid. Medscape Medical News
