Eliminating Enteral Misconnections with ENFit
Tubing misconnections can happen to anyone, and they typically result in catastrophic consequences. Repeated reports of misconnection incidents have led […]
Industry
Health Care Consolidation Trends, Is Bigger Better?
The healthcare industry is continuing its dive into consolidation. Definitive Healthcare, the leading provider of data, intelligence, and analytics on
Obamacare ‘Trumped’, Indiana provides glimpse of Medicaid future
Last week President-elect Trump tapped Seema Verma, a consultant to Mike Pence who negotiated Indiana’s Medicaid provisions, to lead the
Preparing for Value-Based Purchasing in Medicare
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last year that 85% of all traditional fee-for-service Medicare payments would
Over 50% of infusions contain errors
Infusion errors have been one of the most common types of errors in hospitals for years. Many believed that ‘smart’
Product Recall: WalkMed Infusion Recalls Triton & Triton fp
WalkMed Infusion has issued a Medical Device Recall for the Triton and Triton fp infusion pumps (model numbers 300000 and
Visit us at the 25th Annual NHIA Conference & Expo
If you’ve made it down to New Orleans for the 25th Annual NHIA Conference, be sure to stop by
Are you doing everything you can to ensure patient safety?
As professionals we realize the importance of patient safety, yet just fifteen years ago the Institute of Medicine brought public
B. Braun Medical Allocation Notice
Last evening Right Way Medical was updated by B.Braun concerning recent back-orders on several of their products. Below is a
Lean Principles for Specialty Pharmacy and Long-Term Care
We mentioned in our previous post, Medicare’s national pricing has providers tightening their belts (Should you be getting lean?), the
Medicare’s national pricing has providers tightening their belts (Should you be getting lean?)
Further reimbursement cuts are expected when Medicare implements its national competitive bidding pricing on January 1st of next year. Liz
Insurance consolidation drives vendor concern
Anthem plans to acquire Cigna for $48.3 billion; Aetna announces plans to purchase Humana for $37 billion. Is this good