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 to this article are different in southern...
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Here’s a story from a patient who had double hip replacement surgery at the Kaiser facility in Irvine, California. I have mentioned before the registry of valuable information that Kaiser Permanente gathers on devices and outcomes. The information contained also includes outcomes as gathered...
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The press release follows below. Not to steal any thunder here but look at what is being developed to work with the registry and PHR – bar codes. If you are a regular reader here you know what the focus is on my campaign for a bar coding system for recalls, drug identification and more. ...
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If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I have suggested this before and even sent it off to the FDA without a response, well so much for those “contact us” pages I guess. It’s more important it seems to have a chance to win a prize than maybe save a life? I am not discounting...
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Yesterday I posted about Windows Tags being a solution for medical devices, to inventory them and be able to scan a code or tag with a cell phone, as they connect to the web and any recall notices that go to where the tag is placed connects and shows on the screen. Also, the FDA could keep a copy...
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