ICOMPARE is conducting a study allowing medical students to work 28-hour shifts, which the American Medical Student Association and Public Citizen, a watchdog group, say put the residents at risk, according to Motherboard.
Do physicians have to squash personal expression to maintain professionalism? Medscape tackles the question.
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Carlsbad (Calif.) Surgery Center is providing free surgical care for local San Diegans in need, according to a KPBS report.
With supply costs as one of the two largest expenses for ASCs (the other being staffing), it is imperative for surgery centers to make improving inventory management an ongoing priority.
Eighty-one percent of consumers are unsatisfied with their healthcare, according to a Prophet and GE Healthcare Camden Group study.
New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery and its outpatient clinic, Stamford Outpatient Center, added sports medicine physician Daphne Scott, MD, to its team, according to Darien Daily Voice.
Bloomington, Ind.-based Premier Healthcare, a multispecialty provider healthcare group, reported a possible data breach, which could impact approximately 205,748 people, according to Fox 59.
Florida-based Coastal Orthopedics Sports Medicine and Pain Management's Alan Valadie, MD, performed the center's 100th outpatient joint replacement, according to Bradenton Herald.
Veterans seeking care find it difficult to schedule appointments with HealthNet Federal Services, according to Valley News Live.