It is helpful for blog authors to reflect on what readers have found most interesting in 2012 to help sculpt a tone for the upcoming year. While there are a number of ways to "value" a piece of writing (most page views vs. number of comments, for instance) stories that receive the largest numbers of page views probably reflect the posts of most interest to readers since their content is not only read but shared with others.
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The punitive evolution of board certification
Medical device companies: 3 thoughts for 2013
In putting the finishing touches on a year that in many ways was not a great one for the medical device industry, I thought it might be appropriate to clean out the notebook on some thoughts on the previous year and – more to the point – the coming year.
Crafting the security roadmap
Per the theme of security assessment I’ve been posting about, part of crafting a multi-year security roadmap is examining technologies and practices that have limited use in healthcare but are widely deployed in other industries.
Building a whole heart for children born with half: Q+A with a cardiac surgeon
By Tom Ulrich
The December HIT standards committee meeting
The December HIT Standards Committee focused on the reality of implementing the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Standards and Certification rule in the real world of hospitals, clinician offices, and healthcare information exchanges.
No longer living in denials
I received this notice, dated 1 March 2012, from our billing department after a denial for reimbursement following a successful right ventricular outflow tract ablation I performed:
Trying to make sense of the senseless
I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.
– M. Russell Ballard
I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.
– M. Russell Ballard
Aside from being a bit warmer than usual, it was a typical Friday afternoon. A patient with syncope, a paucity of heart beats, the need for pacemaker. The lab techs rolled their eyes as the room was prepped. An early as exit was not going to happen after all.
New FDA guidance on home use medical devices
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
New guidance published by the US Food and Drug Administration advises manufacturers of “home use” medical devices on how to ensure compliance with safety and effectiveness requirements when designing their products.
Australia, Brazil, Canada and U.S. plan shared medical device audit program
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
The medical device regulators of Australia, Brazil, Canada and the US have all signed on to a statement of cooperation to develop a single audit program for medical devices to be used by all four market authorities.
My grand, sweeping cardiovascular predictions for 2013
Cardiovascular predictions for next year are always fun to contemplate this time of year. So much is happening to the practice of medicine as we’ve known it that it can be helpful to highlight some of those changes, both good and bad, as our medical world continues to evolve. While these predictions contain pure guesses, they also contain one doctor’s observations of our new evolving medical world. Many of these changes will profoundly shape how doctors interact with their patients.