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Johnson & Johnson DePuy Worldwide President Says “I’m Out of Here”

He has submitted his resignation and will effective at the end of March. I can guarantee this is not a fun job right now with the recalls and all the issues the DePuy division has faced. He’s an executive in charge of running a failing implant...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2011 3:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, FDA, Johnson and Johnson, Orthopedics, Implants, Mergers and Acquisitions, knee, Depuy, hip, Smith & Nephew

Nurses Hold One Day Strike at Kaiser's Sunset Boulevard Medical Center (Los Angeles) To Bring Attention To Patient Safety

The Los Angeles Kaiser facility takes care of some of the sickest patients and thus the nurses feel some additional attention is needed here. There has not been a strike at the facility in over 20 years. The policies with nurse staffing according...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2011 1:43 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, healthcare, PHR, Kaiser Permanente, Heatlh IT, personal heatlh records, nurses, strike, Heatlh Connect, registry

IHA Receives $2.9M AHRQ Grant to Pursue Demo on Bundled Payments

Last August 2 hospitals were to start the project but I have not heard much more than the announcement that was made at that time between Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the UCLA Health System and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach for...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2011 8:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Surgery, healthcare, health insurance, medical billing, Knee replacement, Pricing, Hoag Hospital, knee, hip replacement, hip, Cedar Sinai, tourism, UCLA Medical

Johnson and Johnson Files Complaint Against the FDA Regarding Sedasys Device Rejection Used for Propofol Delivery-But Wait We Still Have Shortages & No US Manufacturers?

Propofol requires by label that an anesthesiologist be present and the device would administer the drug for surgical procedures such as colonoscopies without an anesthesiologist present. Doctors perform colonoscopies with a mild sedative without...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 11:25 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, healthcare, Medical Devices, Colonoscopy, FDA, Johnson and Johnson, Propofol, anesthesia, anesthesiologist, Ethicon

Study: Leave Robotic Prostatectomy in the Hands of Experts

By now most of us know about the daVinci robot that is used for prostate surgeries and this new study suggests that it may not be advisable for every smaller community hospital to perform the procedure but rather rely on the high volume centers of excellence...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 7:00 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, Cancer, Doctors, robotic surgery DaVinci, experts, Prostatectomy

FDA Gives Approval for Lap-Band Use With Less Obese Patients

This means those who are borderline no longer have to put on weight to have the surgery, hey that does happen sometimes. In Europe the Lap Band is already considered an intervention device for “Diabesity” and we all know that diabetes 2 and weight carry...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 8:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, healthcare, obesity, Allergan, diabetes 2, gastric banding, diabesity

FDA Medical Device Approval Process Under Review Due to Recalls With Numbers of Implanted Devices

On medical devices we are back to the sometimes controversial Fast track 510 (k) approval method to where the device can be similar to another device on the market and is intended for low and moderate risk situations. Implants to me are not low...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 12:41 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Surgery, Medical Devices, FDA, clinical trials, software, Recalls, Implants, Patients, access, regulatory process, approvals

DaVinci Surgical Robot Does a Roadshow At An Orange County Mall

I happened to stumble on to this today as the daVinci Robot was being packed up after the presentation at the Westminster Mall in Orange County. This is the first effort I have seen where consumers were invited to do some “hands on” experimenting...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2011 12:37 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, DaVinci, minimally invasive procedures, robotic surgery DaVinci, edcuation, National Health month, St Joseph Hospital, Vascular Wellness

Kinect And daVinci Surgical Robot Do Simulated Surgery Suturing Together (Video)

Back in January the University of Washington was working on this hack and now we have a video from Johns Hopkins where they have simulated a surgical procedure using gestures. As the article states this is in the early stage here, but it’s been...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2011 7:02 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, Surgery, microsoft, University of Washington, Robotics, Johns Hopkins, Xbox, mapping, Gaming, Kinect, touch, sensativity, controls

Novartis Attempting to Stop Sodium Pentathol From Being Shipped to the US-Drug Used for Surgical Anesthesia-Does Not Want Drug Used for Lethal Injections

This is a big deal as we don’t manufacture the drug in the US, and on top of that we don’t have Propofol manufactured in the US either. The 2 drugs are the #1 and #2 choices and used in hospitals all over the country. Everyone may remember...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 3:32 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, drugs, healthcare, FDA, Recalls, Teva, Michael Jackson, Diprivan, Propofol, Novartis, anesthesia, etomidate, Pentothal, Hospira

Man Saves Life With His Own Stem Cells Going Beyond the Stent With Bone Marrow Injections to Grow New Arteries (Video)

Perhaps too someday many of the stents used today might become obsolete too as you watch what is done in the video. Stem cells are grown from the patient’s own bone marrow and in one case the results were felt almost immediately by the patient as...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2011 1:27 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, Heatlhcare, Stem Cells, Heart Surgery, arteries, legs, PAD, Bone Marrow, Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Anesthesia Drug Shortages, First It Was Propofol and now Pentothal–Choice #3 Is a Real Old Drug And Less Stable

Ok now we are coming full circle and hopefully by this time since November when I posted about the hotline created for propofol that has maybe evened out a little, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. We do not make any propofol in the US any longer and...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 12:41 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, drugs, healthcare, FDA, Recalls, Teva, Michael Jackson, Diprivan, Propofol, anesthesia, etomidate, Pentothal, Hospira

For Profit Hospices Versus Non Profit Painting a Picture of Potential Cherry Picking-Could Happen With Data Created From Risk Assessment Analytics Algorithms-Study

Yup, we can’t get away from it anywhere we go in healthcare, as insurers and everyone else lives and dies by the algorithms of cost. When compared to non profits the number of cancer patients seen by for profits seemed dwarfed when compared. ...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 8:39 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Surgery, medicare, Budgets, Nursing Homes, Seniors, Investing, Hospice, Patients, Non Profit, General Accounting Office, for profit, private equity

Sorin Group Gets European CE Mark Approval for Self Anchoring Sutureless Aortic Heart Valve

The product approved is for aortic valve replacement in the heart for patients suffering from aortic stenosis. Cardiac chamber catheterization provides a definitive diagnosis for the condition and it can also be diagnosed with...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 7:28 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Surgery, Heart, Aortic Valve, Regulation, minimally invasive procedures, cardiovascular diseases, stentless, European CE mark, Perceval S, Sorin Group

HeartWare Receives Approval From the FDA Authorizing 94 Additional Patients for Clinical Trials with the HVAD Mini Heart Pump

The tiny pump is the size of a golf ball and is attached to the heart and a wire comes out through the skin to an externally worn controller. The device is a heart pump for those who basically have no other alternatives, or could be waiting for...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2011 2:45 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, Cardiology, Heart Transplant, left ventrical, New York Pesbyterian Hospital, LVAD, DuraHeart, artificial heart pump

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