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FDAFDA Approves Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Approval Provides Important Tool to Fight PandemicThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available, which is expected within the next four weeks... [see full article] Health reformHouse Panel To Weigh Prohibiting Self-Referral For MRI, CT, PETAn amendment expected to come up during the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s postrecess health reform deliberations would prohibit physicians from referring their patients to certain advanced diagnostic imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that they own or lease by January 2013... [see full article] Sources: White House Drafting Health Reform LanguageThe White House is taking pen to paper to draft legislative language to be added to the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill, several health care insiders tell Inside Health Policy... [see full article] CMS estimates removing SGR drugs to cost $122B Despite New CBO Score, Baucus Resists Permanent Doc Pay FixThe lower-than-expected price tag for House Democrats’ proposed permanent fix to the Medicare physician payment formula appears to have done little to increase support for the idea in the Senate: Finance Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) this week floated a health reform plan with a temporary, one-year payment patch and even physician sources remain skeptical the House proposal will gain traction... [see full article] Baucus Unveils Health Reform BillSenate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus this morning introduced his long-awaited health care reform bill, rejecting an appeal late Tuesday from Republican Charles Grassley to hold off and give a bipartisan group of lawmakers more time to reach a deal... [see full article] Joint CommissionJoint Commission Alert: Effective Leadership Critical to Preventing Medical ErrorsA new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert issued today urges health care leaders to step up efforts to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach used in other high-risk industries such as aviation and nuclear energy... [see full article] Joint Commission Online▪ Revised 2010 NPSGs; some changes are effective immediately NRCReportable Medical Events Involving Treatment Delivery Errors Caused by Confusion of Units for the Specification of Brachytherapy SourcesThe NRC is issuing this information notice (IN) to alert addressees to treatment delivery errors and associated medical events caused by confusion of units for the specification of low-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy sources implanted into patients... [see full article] Varian Medical Systems Varisource High Dose-Rate Remote Afterloader Events: Source Retraction ProblemsThe NRC is issuing this information notice to alert addressees about recently reported events at three different locations where service engineers experienced problems with the VariSource HDR during source retractions.... [see full article] |
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