Potential Benefits of an Innovative New Device in Septic Shock

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 410 Medical, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of innovative technologies for the treatment of critically ill patients, today announced a recent publication in Open Access Emergency Medicine. The study, published on October 26, 2018 used an analytic model to evaluate the potential impact of LifeFlow, a new device for rapid, controlled delivery of fluids, in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. The results of the study demonstrated decreased mortality, less need for vasopressors or mechanical ventilation, and a hospital cost savings of approximately $1.5MM per year over 500 patients.

ER patients given ketamine, other powerful drugs in clinical trials without their consent, FDA finds

ER patients given ketamine, other powerful drugs in clinical trials without their consent, FDA finds
A Minneapolis hospital tested powerful antipsychotics and the potent anesthetic ketamine on emergency room patients without their knowledge or consent, violating regulations on human research, federal inspectors have determined.

Circle of Life (DEATH)Palliative Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital Nashua, NH-Murderers!

Circle of Life Palliative Medicine  at St. Joseph Hospital Nashua, NH-Murderers!

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Donald McDonah, M.D. provides compassionate care and guidance for patients facing serious and terminal illnesses. As the medical director of Circle of Life Palliative Medicine Program at St. Joseph Healthcare in Nashua N.H., McDonah works with patients and loved ones to enhance their quality of life.
Does enhancing the quality of life consist of OVERDOSING with Morphine so the patient can no longer eat, drink, walk, laugh, play with their Grandchildren? 
What is considered as enhancing the quality of life? Sleeping until the patient drops dead? If that's what you want for your Loved ones, go see Dr. Death! He will gladly oblige!
Even if you don't want death and don't sign consent forms, all you're going to get is DEATH! Legal or NOT, Medicare pays!

Home Health Agency Owners Sentenced to Prison, Ordered to Pay $14.1M for Fraud

Home Health Agency Owners Sentenced to Prison, Ordered to Pay $14.1M for Fraud

It’s been a busy month so far for home health care and hospice fraud.

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that two Detroit-area home health agency owners were sentenced to a combined 16 years of prison for their roles in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for home health services that were never provided.

Hafiz Tahir, 49, and Tasneem Tahir, 44, both of Brownstown, Michigan, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marianne O. Battani of the Eastern District of Michigan to 10 and six years in prison, respectively. Judge Battani also ordered the defendants to pay restitution in the amount of $9,674,575 and $4,447,667, respectively, jointly and severally with their co-conspirators.

More than $8 million combined in money judgments were also levied against the two.

Nearly Half of Hospice Providers Uncertain They Would Survive an Audit

Nearly Half of Hospice Providers Uncertain They Would Survive an Audit

As demand for end-of-life services has grown, governmental watchdogs sniffing out fraud, waste and abuse have turned their attention to U.S. hospice providers of all shapes and sizes. But the industry may not be ready to face that heightened scrutiny.

Optima Healthcare Solutions — an Alpharetta, Georgia-based company that provides cloud-based billing, clinical and operational software solutions for post-acute care providers — asked hospice providers about their confidence in surviving federal audits and compliance obligations as part of a new survey released on Tuesday. More than 170 hospice agencies across the country participated in the survey, put together with the help of independent research firm Inquisitive Market Research.

Shropshire health bosses talk at conference on sepsis

Shropshire health bosses spoke about the public health challenge caused by sepsis at a special conference organised by Staffordshire University this week.

Professor Rod Thompson, director of public health, was speaking at the Could it Be Sepsis? event which took place at the Shropshire Education and Conference Centre on the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site.

He called for a “step change in the way we deal with sepsis” and said not enough of the health service budget was directed towards prevention of serious conditions like sepsis which claimed more UK lives than lung cancer.

Potential mortality and cost reduction in adult severe sepsis and septic shock through the use of an innovative fluid delivery device

Background: While early fluid resuscitation has been shown to significantly improve health and economic metrics in septic shock, providers are often unable to achieve fluid delivery guidelines using current techniques.