Now that the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have passed their own versions of sweeping health care reform legislation, the health care industry has its eyes and ears on lawmakers as they negotiate the details of a final, compromise measure. 

(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI, a notified body providing regulatory and quality management reviews for medical devices, kicks off its “Passport to Europe” program.

(American College of Surgeons: Chicago) -- New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that while popular hospital rating systems can help identify high-quality hospitals for cardiovascular operations, patients can achieve similar

(Camstar Systems Inc.: Charlotte, NC) -- Increasing numbers of customer complaints is typically an indicator of unresolved internal quality failures.

(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., recently unveiled an enhanced and easy-to-navigate version of its interactive UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer web tool.

(BGU: Beer-Sheva, Israel) -- A new study by a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) reveals that physicians’ moods affect the number of prescriptions, referrals, and lab tests ordered, as well as the amount of time they spend talking with their patients.

(FDA: Washington) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a contract to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. to develop a pilot of the FDA’s Sentinel System, which will use automated health care data to evaluate medical product safety.

(IQS: North Olmsted, OH) -- IQS announces the availability of IQS Problem Solver module that enables organizations to standardize problem solving processes with easy-to-use questioned-based reasoning software.

(Progressive Business Audio Conferences: Malvern, PA)-- How do today’s top managers maximize job productivity and employee satisfaction?

(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Philadelphia) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, will unveil a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution at booth No.