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Britain’s National Health Service may undergo sweeping changes which put more responsibility at the local level with practitioners. In addition, the goal, say political leaders, is to give patients more power.

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Earlier this year, a drug store chain was three days away from putting home genetic tests on its shelves for sale to the public. Previously, these had been for sale online.
As this test was not seen as a medical device or test—it has been used by family history buffs—the FDA had no notice of the [...]

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Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) Not Ready Yet…Congress Asking Questions »

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) have been touted as the tool which can make medical care safer and better. Medpage Today’s story reports on progress in building a national medical records system.

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One Caesarean Delivery Does Not Mean a Second Cannot Be Vaginally »

Doctors and hospitals have been fearful of lawsuits when women who had a Caesarean birth wanted to try delivering vaginally. Now the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued new guidelines for managing deliveries differently. Not every delivery has to be a Caesarean. That’s the group’s bottom line.

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