Government
Courtesy of Roll Call by Joel White (Sept. 18, 2013) The Medicare program, and the 49 million elderly and disabled Americans who rely on it, are facing an uphill battle when it comes to quality and cost. Some 10,000 baby boomers sign...
Politico (9/29, Cunningham, Nather) reports that President Obama “has made clear that even if the government closes, the health care show will go on.” On Friday, the President said, “On Tuesday, about 40 million more Americans will be...
The New York Times (9/24, A12, Tavernise, Subscription Publication) reports that the Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday that “a small portion of the rapidly expanding universe of mobile health applications” would be...
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) recently heard presentations on digital pathology and asked the following questions of the committee: What HHS guidance is needed for validation of whole slide imaging? Can the...
Medscape (subscription required) had an article last week called "GAO Suspects Monetary Motive in Physician In-House Pathology". Whoo. That's good. I thought the GAO may have been looking into this with a multi-part report for reasons other...
The recent public workshop on "Summit on Color in Medical Imaging" held in May in Silver Spring, MD has made presentations and webcast archive available online. Presentations are available from the International Color...
