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PA&E works with leading medical implant designers to advance integration and performance for hermetic implantable packaging and connectors in one of the most unique and critical environments known: the human body.
PA&E has created proprietary materials and encapsulations with hermetic seals that enable implantable medical…
Added by John Robinson on September 19, 2017 at 5:51am — No Comments
And the damage to the heart and blood vessels can occur in youth at blood pressure levels that are below the clinical definition of hypertension in youth.
High blood pressure in youth is defined differently than it is in adults. In childhood, high blood pressure is based on percentiles, rather than blood pressure level. Researchers looked at…
Added by John Robinson on September 18, 2017 at 7:45am — No Comments
After watching his mother die from meningitis in a nationwide outbreak caused by contaminated steroids, Scott Shaw is determined to make sure something like that never happens again.
A stiff punishment for the Massachusetts pharmacist Shaw believes is partially responsible…
Added by John Robinson on September 18, 2017 at 7:42am — No Comments
For people on a job hunt, the reason for not offering one is almost invariably the same: You lack experience. How do you convince the organization that one can gain no experience unless one has a job? This is a typical chicken and egg conundrum: You are not given a job because you have no experience, and you have no experience because you don't get a…
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Some of the functions of medical device manufacturers include:
o Analyzing complaints
o Processing data
o Evaluating nonconformances
o Utilizing other quality data sources.
The main purpose of this analysis, done using appropriate statistical methodology, under §820.100, is to identify the cause of nonconforming products and other quality problems. Time series analysis is one such family of these tools. Also called trending analysis,…
Added by Adam Fleming on September 18, 2017 at 6:49am — No Comments
Disasters, which can ultimately lead to a data breach, come in various forms – natural, man-made and technical. HIPAA, the HITECH Act, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission are just a handful of entities requiring that the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the sensitive information (e.g., protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII)) remain intact. Although federal HIPAA has distinct…
Added by John Robinson on September 15, 2017 at 6:46am — No Comments
The position of the corporate controller, or company controller, has become an important one in companies today. This is a role that has come into being following the evolution of the corporate setup, which has brought with it many changes. The corporate controller has come into existence because of these changes.
In simple terms, the corporate controller is one who can be defined as the chief accounting officer. She is to accounting what the chief…
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Obesity is one of the biggest causes of non-communicable, lifestyle diseases today. According to the World Health Organisation, close to 1.9 billion adults were obese in the year 2014. Around 2.8 million people die due to some complications associated with obesity every year. A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology notes that obese people who may otherwise be healthy and free from ailments like diabetes, hypertension, et cetera may still run at…
Added by John Robinson on September 13, 2017 at 6:45am — No Comments
LONDON, Sept 13 (REUTERS) – Proposed United States budget cuts could put in jeopardy great progress in reducing global poverty and disease and lead to 5 million more deaths from AIDS alone, the philanthropist Bill Gates warned on Wednesday.
Gates, whose Bill and Melinda Gates…
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Pharmaceutical companies gave Australian doctors, nurses and pharmacists almost $12m in fees and expenses to attend conferences and give talks between November 2016 and April 2017.
The payments comprised more than $6.5m for travel expenses and accommodation; more than $4.2m in speaking and consultancy fees; and more than $700,000 to cover registration at medical conferences and events.
The drug companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and…
Added by John Robinson on September 12, 2017 at 6:07am — No Comments
The core of successful operation by a drug maker is laboratory testing. current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) regulations require a drug manufacturer to use laboratory testing as a tool to validate that everything that goes into a laboratory product, such as in-process materials, finished materials, and containers adhere to set specifications. When all these are done, a major challenge for laboratories is in how to deal with a test that shows an…
Added by Adam Fleming on September 12, 2017 at 5:59am — No Comments
Food technology has been growing at a quick pace, having come under the influence of the twin paradigms of the late 20th century, technology and globalization. As populations keep moving from one part of the world to another in the millions; it is natural that they get influenced by the food behavior of the place to which they move, while also bringing their own influences into it.
It is not just with the itinerant population that food service and movement are paired and…
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Meeting the supplier management criteria set out by the FDA, the ISO and the QSR regulations is mandatory for the regulated industries. The qualification and assessment of suppliers is binding for the regulated industries. Being in compliance with the requirements for supplier management set out by the FDA and by the ISO…
Added by John Robinson on September 11, 2017 at 6:18am — No Comments
There are not enough NHS psychiatrists in some parts of the UK and more should be recruited to improve care, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
In Scotland, there are 10 consultant psychiatrists per 100,000 people – but only eight for the same number in England and Northern Ireland, and just six in Wales.
London’s tally…
Added by John Robinson on September 11, 2017 at 6:04am — No Comments
At present, home-based health care is gaining significant traction and poised for transformation. Once recognized as a fragmented and unorganised sector, it is gaining ground through progressively capturing interest of entrepreneurs and investors.
It is a known fact that there is tremendous pressure on hospitals in delivering services at their facility, especially in Critical Care, something that can be easily outsourced…
Added by John Robinson on September 8, 2017 at 6:14am — No Comments
Bloodborne pathogens are those microorganisms present in the human blood that carry infection. These infections can cause disease in humans. The major bloodborne pathogens that cause infections in humans are:
o Hepatitis B (HBV)
o Hepatitis C (HCV)
o Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Although these are the main disease causing pathogens; there are many more. So, hospital staffs who deal with patients who are infected by…
Added by Adam Fleming on September 8, 2017 at 5:46am — No Comments
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is a federal Act that regulates the manner in which physicians have to be paid when they treat patients who come to them under Medicare. It modifies and supersedes the earlier legislation on this topic, namely the Balanced Budget Act, which was in force from 1997.
From the time the Balanced Budget Act linked physician payments to budget cuts and economic growth; it has reduced physician payments by over a fifth. In…
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