A recent Journal of the American College of Surgeons study found that the recently implemented work hour restrictions for resident physicians have not had the desired effect of lowering postoperative complication rates in several common surgical specialties.
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The American Medical Association reports the majority of physicians are still in wholly physician-owned practice.
As more healthcare data moves to the cloud, and nearly 96 million records were stolen among breaches to Community Health Systems, Anthem and Premera, Dan Manuro, in Forbes, poses the question; is the cloud ready for healthcare?
Chinese developers are rapidly pursuing growth in the healthcare market; an industry they believe will be their next lucrative opportunity. According to a recent Bloomberg piece, China is expanding at its slowest rate since 1990, but is still the second-largest…
Dhaval Bhanusali, MD, devised Health Digital, a growing health technology company based out of New York and Tampa, according to Forbes.
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ASD Management released 10 key actions to turnaround struggling surgery centers and make them a profitable business.
Ophthalmologist and AmSurg partner David Folden, MD, created a new instrument to improve the process of opening femtosecond laser-created corneal incisions for cataract surgery.
EHRs are now a regular, if not fully integrated, part of healthcare. Physician offices, hospitals and health systems have invested significant amounts of time and money in selecting and implementing these systems, driven by regulatory requirements and the promise of…
Orthopedic surgeons are more regularly using robotic technology to achieve highly accurate and precisely placed partial knee replacements, and now ambulatory surgery centers are beginning to implement the technology.
Researchers found that among patients with Type 2 Diabetes, bariatric surgery with two years of adjunctive low-level lifestyle intervention resulted in greater disease remission than lifestyle intervention alone, according to a recent JAMA Surgery study.