Real time coverage of developments and trends in health care
A cyclist killed in a collision with a truck in Rose Bay has been identified as Henri Sueke, a father of four and children’s doctor who had recently moved from England to Australia with his young family. The 36-year-old was cycling along New South Head Road about 7.45am on Thursday when he was involved in a collision with a truck, and became trapped under a wheel of the vehicle.
SOURCE: Hospital Administration News – Read entire story here.
A study from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine provides a picture of anti-Black […]
Construction crews returned to work Friday after the United States Senate approved a last-minute deal to avoid a construction shutdown at a troubled veterans’ hospital outside Denver.
Source: The National Association for Proton TherapyStarting in 2011, I raised concerns about the proliferation of very expensive proton beam radiation therapy centers, made possible by investors who leverage the extra payments for use of this treatment modality that have been authorized by CMS and private insurers. I asserted, based on my contacts in the radiation therapy profession, that the use of proton beam technology offered no significant advantage over lower cost intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in most cases. In short, I characterized proton beam developments as an example of the medical arms race, a rush by hospitals to compete on a high cost approach that offered little value to the public.Now comes a thoughtful analysis published by the Health Technology Assessment Program of the Washington