Morning Headlines 3/11/19
Hidden FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused By Scores Of Medical Devices
FDA has given surgical stapler manufacturers an exemption from publicly reporting problems to its MAUDE database of medical device failures, allowing them to hide widespread problems.
Columbia Surgical Specialists (WA) pays $15,000 to regain access to its data following a ransomware attack.
Doctor tells patient he doesn’t have long to live through hospital robot’s video screen
Kaiser Permanente apologizes for one of its doctors telling a 79-year-old inpatient that he was dying via a telemedicine robot.
VA and DOD set to pick health data decider
DoD and VA officials expect to have a lead for their joint EHR efforts named within the next two weeks.
Looks like the House rep for Spokane and one of the Senators from Washington State are engaged: https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-blasts-va-cerner-for-patient-harm-at-spokane-va https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-mcmorris-rodgers-secure-va-commitment-to-hold-town-halls-for-veterans-in-eastern-washington/ That…
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That BH ER experience matches mine even years before the pandemic - went in with a suicidal friend, and they…