Public Policy Archives - Page 24 of 116

News
Flying toward equity and inclusion
October 1, 2019
A heterogeneous group of people leads to an engaged and high performing culture.
Opinion
Labeling of medication warnings
September 30, 2019
Issuing timely warnings regarding medical products promotes patient safety, and the law appears to place the major onus on the manufacturer.
News
CDC reports most vaping lung disease linked to THC-containing cartridges
September 27, 2019
Most vaping cartridges were obtained on the street, from dealers, online, or from friends or social contacts.
Opinion
Observation versus inpatient status
September 17, 2019
Observation care is increasing, and can frustrate patients and hospitalists.
News
FDA approves Xenleta for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia treatment
August 20, 2019
The approval was based on results from two trials with a total of 1,289 patients.
News
CDC updates recommendation for serologic Lyme disease detection
August 15, 2019
The CDC’s updated recommendation is based on the approval of a new test that uses a modified two-test methodology different from the two-test methodology first recommended in 1994.
News
FDA approves drug combo to treat highly resistant TB
August 14, 2019
The combination of pretomanid tablets with bedaquiline and linezolid primarily was approved for a limited population infected with drug resistant TB.
News
CDC finds that too little naloxone is dispensed
August 6, 2019
Despite increases in the number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed, many patients at risk for overdose are not offered the potentially life-saving treatment, according to an analysis of national retail pharmacy data.
News
U.S. infant mortality continued slow decline in 2017
August 1, 2019
Massachusetts had the nation’s lowest rate; Mississippi had the highest.
News
Critics say hospital price transparency proposal ‘misses the mark’
July 31, 2019
The proposal from CMS would require hospitals to make public both their list prices and the prices they negotiate with payers.