Mobile healthcare technology allows doctors and patients to connect in a virtual patient waiting room. Telemedicine, as many call it, has benefits as well as burdens on everyone involved. There are several state and federal regulatory operations, laws and policies overseeing the use of mobile health technologies. Not only users, but also providers of mobile […]
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Heads Up: Illinois healthcare practitioners should pay attention to the incidence of the purchase and use of non-FDA-approved medications from foreign countries
Healthcare practitioners should be aware of recent investigations and prosecutions for the purchase and distribution of non-FDA-approved narcotics from outside the U.S. Recent reports of U.S. Federal Drug Administration (“FDA”) activity puts a spotlight on not only the civil and criminal penalties at stake, but also the safety of patients. Concerned physicians and health care […]
Read more...About transvaginal mesh, lawsuits and product defects
Any mother, sister, daughter or female friend, who has experienced medical conditions requiring physician care, and even surgery, knows how upsetting these life events can be. To make matters worse, some of the surgical products used to cure problems, such as transvaginal mesh, can fail and cause tremendous suffering and re-occurrence of the original symptoms […]
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