Patients seek more healthcare resources online, based on the Sixth Annual Makovsky/Kelton "Pulse of Online Search" Survey, according to HIT Consultant.
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Excela Health is suing Westmorland County, arguing its Laurel Surgical Center should be removed from tax rolls, according to a Trib Live report.
The worldwide healthcare analytics market is projected to hit $18.7 billion by 2020, according to WhaTech.
Today, there are more than 6,000 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the United States.
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Healthcare is continuing to demand lower costs and optimal patient care, thus driving the demand for efficient ASCs. Outpatient centers are increasingly adding new procedures, including total joint replacement procedures.
Memorial Sloan Kettering's Josie Robertson Surgery Center now includes a real-time locating system for improved patient flow.
The Norwood Award Program honored Eastern Massachusetts Surgery Center in Norwood with the 2016 Best of Norwood Award in the surgery centers category.
The New York state Attorney General's Office reached a $100,000 settlement with Interim Healthcare, a healthcare staffing company, after they ran an advertisement seeking a nurse that read "No Haitians," according to lohud.
AMSA, Public Citizen claim 28-hour 'unethical' trial puts medical students at risk — 5 key takeaways
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.