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Diagnostic Errors Claim Nearly 800,000 American Lives Per Year, Study Finds

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A new study shows that approximately 371,000 people die and 424,000 sustain permanent disabilities due to diagnostic error, including brain damage, blindness, loss of limbs or organs or metastasized cancer....more

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Podcast: Owner's Outlook: National Trends in Construction Claims - Diagnosing Health Care

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The past three years have been tumultuous in the health care construction economy, and the patterns in recent construction claims might surprise some. Which types of claims are popping up, in what regions are they...more

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Three Pressing Challenges for Personalized Medicine

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Personalized medicine can be described as the science of targeted therapies. Advances in diagnostic and molecular medicine have made it possible to more precisely identify alternative treatment options for patients based on...more

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Also In The News - Health Headlines - October 2015 #2

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HHS Publishes Final Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 – On September 21, 2015, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of HHS laid out the federal government’s final version of...more

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Waiting on Sequenom

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As I write this there’s a voice in my head saying, “Be careful what you wish for!” but it has been five months since Sequenom was argued at the Federal Circuit, and the court has yet to issue its decision. In the meantime,...more

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Expanding Access to, and Development of, Personalized Medicine

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In a July 8th, 2013 letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) advised that proposed reimbursement schedules for diagnostic medicine will threaten the development...more

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GAO Calls for Action to Address Rise in Self-Referrals of Anatomic Pathology Services

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published the results of a study examining trends in the number of self-referred anatomic pathology services and the impact on Medicare spending. Anatomic pathology...more

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Supreme Court Asked for Further Clarity on Patent-Eligibility of Diagnostic Claims

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Did the Federal Circuit incorrectly interpret and apply the holding of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding patent-eligibility of medical methods as set forth in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories,...more

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