Digital diagnostics firm Cubismi tapped for Microsoft for Startups program
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Misdiagnosis is most common malpractice claim (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
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Stopping Marine Plastic Pollution: A Key IUCN Congress Goal
Plastic bags may remain intact for years in the marine environment. Plastic products certified to be industrially compostable are no solution for littering, as they do not degrade efficiently in the environment and continue to pose a threat to wildlife as they break down. Credit: Eleonora de Sabata / Clean Sea LIFEBy Guy DinmoreSt David’s, Wales, Jul 1 2021 (IPS) Documented images of albatross chicks and marine turtles dying slow deaths from eating plastic bags and other waste are being seared into our consciences. And yet our mass pollution of Earth’s seas and oceans, fuelled by single-use plastics and throw-away cons...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Guy Dinmore Tags: Civil Society Climate Change Conferences Economy & Trade Environment Featured Global Headlines Health Natural Resources Poverty & SDGs Sustainability TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation International Union for the Conse Source Type: news
Wrong-Site Surgery Doc Says He Can't Be Sued Wrong-Site Surgery Doc Says He Can't Be Sued
A surgeon is attempting an unusual malpractice defense, which will be challenged; unconscious beliefs about people of color raise liability risks; father of impaired baby seeks mega damages.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
What It Means to Be a Clinical Laboratory Whistleblower Outlined in Newly Released ‘Tell-All’ Book by Lab Executive Chris Riedel
Book provides detailed road map for clinical laboratory professionals who believe they have a valid case to file under the federal qui tam statute, as well as lab owners who want to understand what motivates whistleblowers and what practices to avoid Several high-profile whistleblower cases uncovering massive fraud have shocked the clinical laboratory industry over […]
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Getting Paid for COVID-19 Test Claims: Ways for Clinical Laboratories to Make it Happen Faster While Avoiding Post-Payment Audits
Legal, regulatory, and payer experts outline steps that help medical laboratories better navigate federal and state regulatory guidelines, eliminate coding and billing missteps, and maximize reimbursements Even as daily COVID-19 test numbers continue to decrease, many clinical laboratories have substantial numbers of COVID-19 test claims that remain unpaid. Despite federal and state law requiring that […]
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Source: Dark Daily - June 21, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Coding, Billing, and Collections Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources anatomic pathology Caitlin Forsyth CARES CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Of Source Type: news
MD Charged With Manslaughter Now Faces Malpractice Suit MD Charged With Manslaughter Now Faces Malpractice Suit
An Alabama neurosurgeon who was charged with manslaughter in the death of a medical student is now facing a malpractice suit alleging he performed the wrong brain surgery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - June 4, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Popular Science Review Finds Seven At-Home COVID-19 Antigen Tests ‘Easy to Use’ and ‘An Important Tool to Slow Spread of the Coronavirus’
Though clinical laboratory RT-PCR tests remain the ‘gold standard’ when diagnosing COVID-19, at-home antigen tests offer convenience and quick test results. But are they accurate? Less than six months after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first ever emergency use authorization (EUA) for an over-the-counter SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test to Ellume for its […]
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Popular Science Review Finds Seven At-Home COVID-19 Antigen Tests ‘Easy to Use’ and ‘An Important Tool to Slow Spread of the Coronavirus’
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Source: Dark Daily - June 2, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Kristen Noonan Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Instruments & Equipment Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Management & Operations Amazon AMITA Health St. Mary's Kankakee anatomic pathology arizona state university Bina Source Type: news
Oncology imaging errors are the most common cause of lawsuits
Oncologic imaging represents 44% of radiology malpractice cases with diagnosti...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Survey: Many Mohs Surgeons Are Struggling on the Job Survey: Many Mohs Surgeons Are Struggling on the Job
Female Mohs surgeons were more likely to say that time at work, malpractice concerns, insurance reimbursement, and compensation structure negatively affected their well-being.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - May 27, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Repurposing Your Lab ’s Leftover COVID-19 Samples: Building New Revenue and Better Patient Outcomes Through Collaboration with Life Sciences
To address labs’ dire need for clean and reliable data, Dark Daily is pleased to offer this new FREE white paper for laboratory professionals that explains the key steps—and positive results—of strengthening the data service infrastructure of your clinical lab.
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Boston Globe Investigation Finds Many Boston Hospital CEOs Also Sit on Healthcare Company Boards
Cozy relationships between hospital chief executives and healthcare companies they do business with may raise ethical questions If hospital employees, including pathologists, wonder why their hospital uses a certain company’s products and services it may be because their Chief Executive Officer (CEO) sits on the Board of Directors of the same companies from which the […]
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Source: Dark Daily - May 26, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Kristen Noonan Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory News Management & Operations anatomic pathology Betsy Nabel MD Boston Children's Hospital Boston Globe Boston University Brigham and Women’s Hospital Brigham Health Carl Elliott MD PhD Source Type: news
American Society for Clinical Pathology Website Was Hacked Last Year, Possibly Exposing Credit Card Information of Members and Online Shoppers
Thousands of pathologists and medical technologists may have had their private data stolen, though ASCP investigators did not confirm this as having happened For a “limited time period” in 2020, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) was the target of a cyberattack that “potentially exposed payment card data as it was being entered” on […]
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Source: Dark Daily - May 24, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Kristen Noonan Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology american society for clinical pathology anatomic pathology API application programming interface ASCP bleeping computer clinical laboratory clinical laboratory new Source Type: news
Federal Prosecutors Signal That Accuracy of Theranos ’ Blood Tests Will Be Centerstage in August Fraud Trial
Pregnant former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes makes her first court appearance in 15 months as pre-trial maneuvering continues in court case involving clinical laboratory tests During pre-trial hearings for the August fraud trial of former Theranos CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, federal prosecutors signaled that the accuracy of Theranos’ blood tests will be center stage in their […]
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Source: Dark Daily - May 19, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Kristen Noonan Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing AACC american association of clinical chemistry Amy Saharia anatomic pathology Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia clinical laboratory clinica Source Type: news
