The National Institutes of Health are proposing new rules for reporting and managing financial conflicts of interest among scientists and other investigators working on NIH-funded medical research. Frances Collins, NIH Director, said in a press briefing earlier today that updated regulations are meant to promote transparency and ensure that scientists’ findings are not under any [...]
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NIH Proposes New Financial Disclosure Regs for Scientific Investigators
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No Rate-Hike for Anthem-BlueCross
Los Angeles, California-based health insurer Anthem Blue Cross announced this week that policyholders will not see an insurance rate hike on May 1st, after all. Kristin Binns, speaking for Anthem’s parent company, Wellpoint, Inc, told the Los Angeles Times that clients will “…receive adequate notification of any rate change. Until they receive information indicating otherwise, [...]
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Republican Leadership Fights Against HealthCare Reform at State Level
In the wake of the passage of the healthcare reform bills, many U.S. States have expressed concern that new requirements will tax their already thin budgets, and, in the words of Republican politicians, “usurp their sovereignty.” According to Reuters in at least 12 states, Republican attorneys general have announced the filing of lawsuits to prevent [...]
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Medical Schools Fail in Teaching of Patient-Safety
The National Patient Safety Foundation is concerned about the state of medical schools. Specifically, according a report released by the Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute, med schools are not doing well at imparting , “basic knowledge and the development of skills required for the provision of safe patient care.” according to “Unmet Needs: Teaching Physicians to [...]
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