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Cinda Becker

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PubMed2003

Scanning for higher profits. The FDA's plan to require bar codes on commonly used medical products will do more than improve patient safety.

Omnipresent bar coding is going to get even more visible. The Food and Drug Administration has pledged to approve later this year a plan requiring bar codes on every dose of medication administered in hospitals. The FDA's initiative is garnering praise for both its capacity to improve patient safety and potential to save money.

Diffusion of Innovation↗
PubMed2003

Everybody's doing it. With the U.S. economy limping along, the unlikeliest marketers are trying to claim a niche in healthcare.

The hospital outlook might seem bleak to some investors, but a bevy of diverse companies are seeking the financial cure they believe the healthcare industry can provide. Everyone from carpet companies to trucking firms has been drawn to healthcare because of its seemingly endless consumer demand. Jeannine Rossignol, left, senior marketing manager at Xerox Corp., demonstrates a product at the recent VHA Leadership Conference in Boston.

Biomedical Technology↗
PubMed2003

A few details still missing. President unfurls Medicare reform strategy to crowd of skeptics who fear fallout on provider payments and quality of care.

President Bush pushed his new Medicare reform plan to Congress last week, and Democrats quickly responded with an attack on the strategy, calling it the first move toward completely privatizing Medicare. President Bush was introduced by Yank Coble Jr., photo at left, head of the American Medical Association, at whose national conference Bush offered details of his controversial proposal.

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