The fourth annual report from the New Hampshire Health Care Quality Assurance Commission showed that hospitals and surgery centers in New Hampshire lead the nation in infection control, according to report in the Nashua Telegraph.
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The results from the first analysis of data in the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database, the world's largest dedicated repository of clinical bariatric surgery patient information, showed that Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence demonstrate a high level of safety, according to…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has launched LifelinetoModernMedicine.com, a Web site designed to inform and educate patients on anesthesia, according to an ASA news release.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is promoting National Time Out Day, June 17, to emphasize the importance of surgical teams to take a time out to confirm vital patient information prior to surgery, according to an AORN news release.
Nevada Assembly Bill 123, which requires yearly, unannounced inspections of ambulatory surgery centers, was signed into law, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Increasingly, medical procedures in the United States are being performed in ASCs. According to statistics released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics estimated that the rate of visits to ASCs tripled…
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of $50 million in Recovery Act funds to hospitals and surgery centers to help fight healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and improve patient safety at a speech before…
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recently released its 2008 Annual Report, which examined participation in patient safety initiatives by healthcare facilities within the state, according to a PPSA news release.
A recent study published in The Cochrane Library found that weight-loss surgery is effective on those patients with less-severe obesity, but questions still remain about long-term outcomes and which procedures are more effective than others, according to a report in…
Five former patients of Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, S.D., have sued the center for improper infection prevention procedures that may have exposed the patients to blood-borne infections, including HIV, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.