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Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been used in orthopedic surgery for almost a decade to remotely track tagged devices and instruments via cloud-based software that can monitor location, models and configurations, expiration dates and other variables, with potentially significant advantages…

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been used in orthopedic surgery for almost a decade to remotely track tagged devices and instruments via cloud-based software that can monitor location, models and configurations, expiration dates and other variables, with potentially significant advantages…

Here are four physicians facing drug charges reported by Becker's since Oct. 9:

A North Carolina business court has sided with Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cumberland County Hospital System in an ownership dispute with physician Michael Woodcock, MD, over Fayetteville ASC. 

Here are five physician fraud suits Becker's has covered since Oct. 27:

Alexander Padilla has been charged with practicing medicine without a license after allegedly performing a botched breast surgery at a Houston-based plastic surgery center, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Oct. 27. 

Failure to diagnose or delay a diagnosis for a patient is the most common reason physicians face malpractice allegations, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

Physicians in Louisiana are more likely to face malpractice lawsuits than physicians in any other state, with 72% of Louisiana physicians being named as a sole or co-defendant at some point in their careers, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and…

General surgeons are the most likely to face malpractice lawsuits during their careers, with 90% reporting being either a sole or co-defendant in a lawsuit, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

Seventy-three ASCs owned by SCA Health, affiliate of Optum, are among the best in the U.S., according to Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.