FDLI and University of Maryland Present "Emerging Issues in FDA Law: Implementation of DQSA"
On December 3, 2014, FDLI and the University of Maryland Schools of Law and Pharmacy will present Emerging Issues in FDA Law: Implementation of DQSA
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December 3, 2014 | Arnold & Porter | Washington, DC
This one-day conference focuses on the Drug Quality and Security Act and its two major issue areas: implementation of track and trace procedures and regulation of pharmacy compounding. The program brings together government workers, consultants and industry representatives to discuss implementation, FDA guidance and ...
Source: Policy and Medicine - November 10, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Disruptive innovations that will potentially change delivery of healthcare in the Philippines
What is disruptive technology?
A disruptive technology is an innovation providing a product or service that is so compelling that everyone rapidly abandons their current way of doing things and flocks to what is new- Hank C. Lucas Jr (University of Maryland)
In an archipelagic country like the Philippines and with a healthcare delivery system lagging behind its neighbors, disruptive technologies offers us a new way of looking at problems. (Source: The Orthopedic Logbook)
Source: The Orthopedic Logbook - October 30, 2014 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Remo Aguilar Tags: Medicine Opportunities Orthopedics disruption disruptive innovation disruptive technologies Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Update Satellite — 10-21-2014
This study makes a good case for requiring orthopedic evaluation in the emergency department for every pediatric patient suffering from any type of bone or joint injury – regardless of the time of day or night.
What no one is telling you about Ebola … from a Hazmat Trained Hospital Worker. The gear used to protect providers from Ebola is difficult to put on, difficult to remove, and can usually only be worn for 30 minutes at a time. The medical providers in Dallas who contracted Ebola had no protocols in place and this author believes that the “system failed them.”
Patients apparently believe that b...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - October 21, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Healthcare Update Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 153
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.
Welcome to the 153rd edition, brought to you by:
Anand Swaminathan [AS] (EM Lyceum, iTeachEM)
Brent Thoma [BT] (BoringEM and Academic Life in EM)
Chris Connolly [CC]
Chris Nickson [CN] ( iTeachEM, RAGE, INTENSIVE and SMACC)
Joe-Anthony Rotella [JAR]
Kane Guthrie [KG]
Mat Goebel [MG]
Segun Olusany...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 20, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Anand Swaminathan Tags: Education LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 152
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.
Welcome to the 152nd edition, brought to you by:
Anand Swaminathan [AS] (EM Lyceum, iTeachEM)
Brent Thoma [BT] (BoringEM and Academic Life in EM)
Chris Connolly [CC]
Chris Nickson [CN] ( iTeachEM, RAGE, INTENSIVE and SMACC)
Joe-Anthony Rotella [JAR]
Kane Guthrie [KG]
Mat Goebel [MG]
Segun Olusany...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 14, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Anand Swaminathan Tags: Review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Masters degrees in clinical research
There are many types of masters degrees in the area of clinical research. Let's take a look at some of these:The NIH-Duke Master's Program in Clinical Research is a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and Duke University Medical Center. This collaborative training program between the NIH Clinical Center and the Duke University School of Medicine provides formalized academic training in the quantitative and methodological principles of clinical research for health professionals at the NIH. Designed primarily for physicians who are training for careers in clinical research, the progr...
Source: Non-Clinical Physician Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities - September 15, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH Source Type: blogs
The evolution of PACS
by Dan Bowman
As the healthcare industry increasingly adopts new accountable care payment models, providers must determine the most cost-effective ways to deliver quality patient care. In the case of radiologists, that means improving communication with fellow doctors and cutting back on unnecessary imaging as reimbursement dollars will be handed out based, not on the volume of patient tests conducted, but the sustained good health of those patients.
To that end, the evolution of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) is crucial.
"PACS is good for many things; it's changed the way we practice and we're not g...
Source: hospital impact - September 1, 2014 Category: Health Managers Authors: Wendy Johnson Source Type: blogs
Caregivers Study is Recruiting
The University of Maryland is conducting an online study for caregivers. The purpose of the study is to learn more about the experiences and needs of caregivers, who are often overlooked. If you provide daily care for a loved one, you may be able to take part in the study. Or if a loved one takes care of you on a daily basis, they may qualify to participate.
For more information see the recruitment notice: (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - August 25, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 148
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.
Welcome to the 148th edition, brought to you by:
Anand Swaminathan [AS] (EM Lyceum, iTeachEM)
Brent Thoma [BT] (BoringEM and Academic Life in EM)
Chris Connolly [CC]
Chris Nickson [CN] ( iTeachEM, RAGE, INTENSIVE and SMACC)
Joe-Anthony Rotella [JAR]
Kane Guthrie [KG]
Mat Goebel [MG]
Segun Olusany...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 12, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Shame on the Chicago Tribune
A blatantly pro-wheat piece ran in the Chicago Tribune that bashes the anti-grain movement. Read it here.
Written by dietitian, Marsha McCullough, it is full of the oversimplifications and partial truths echoed by the wheat industry. (So it smells and looks like something either paid for by the wheat industry to be placed in the Tribune, or Ms. McCullough was paid to write. That’s how the big lobbies work. They generally cannot rely on “organic” commitment.)
“Those with an allergy to wheat or other grains must avoid them. And the one percent of the population with celiac disease and the six percen...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly counterattacks Source Type: blogs
The impediments to being a good primary care doctor
Next in a series.
The primary care physician (PCP) is the most broadly yet deeply focused care giver and as such is the the backbone of the healthcare system. But to do this work effectively requires time — time which all too often is not adequately available.
What constitutes primary care and who are the primary care physicians? They are the first responders, the first line of care, and very frequently the patient’s confidant on all matters related to health and often more. The PCP is often the first physician contacted because of the long standing patient — doctor relationship but also because the PCP tend...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2014 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
USNews 2015 Health Law Program Rankings
1 University of Maryland (Carey) 2 St. Louis University 3 Case Western Reserve University 3 Loyola University Chicago 5 Boston University 5 Seton Hall University 7 Georgetown University 8 Georgia State University 9 University of Houston 10 Harvard University 10... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 11, 2014 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Authors: Nicolas Terry Source Type: blogs
HIMSS gossip
ORLANDO, Fla.—Two days of HIMSS14 have come and gone, and I’m not bouncing off the walls just yet. But I did bounce off the pavement Monday night when I tripped exiting a shuttle bus, and have some facial scrapes to show for it. You will see the evidence whenever Health Innovation Media gets around to posting a video interview I conducted Tuesday afternoon.
Health Innovation Media’s Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber have been camped out near the HIMSS press room since Sunday with their video equipment, querying various newsmakers on various health IT topics, and occasionally having guest interviewers. As I wal...
Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - February 26, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Neil Versel Tags: care coordination EMR/EHR health IT health reform Healthcare IT HHS HIMSS humor Innovation meaningful use mobile ONC personal notes physicians politics social media vendors video athenahealth Farzad Mostashari Healt Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 127
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
Welcome to the 127th edition, brought to you by:
Kane Guthrie [KG] from LITFL
Tessa Davis [TRD] from LITFL and Don’t Forget The Bubbles
Brent Thoma [BT] from BoringEM, and ALiEM
Chris Ni...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 25, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care Source Type: blogs
"The Cognitive-Emotional Brain" (BSP 106)
Luiz Pessoa of the University of Maryland
In The Cognitive-Emotional Brain: From Interactions to Integration neuroscientist Luiz Pessoa argues that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined throughout many levels of the brain. In a recent interview (BSP 106) Pessoa and I focused on recent discoveries about the amygdala and Thalamus that challenge traditional assumptions about what these structures do. The amygdala processes more than fear (and other negative stimuli) and the Thalamus is more than a mere relay station.This a fairly technical discussion but Pessoa did a good job of making the ma...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 18, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Brain Research Cognitive Science Emotion Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: blogs
