Florida's House committee on affordable healthcare access signed a proposal allowing medical providers to offer healthcare through telehealth services, according to Florida Politics.
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The FBI worked with Mississippi state and federal agencies to conduct several raids throughout the state, including one pharmacy in Jackson, in a healthcare fraud investigation, according to WAPT News.
Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center and the George and Helen Segal Foundation dedicated two large pastels to Michael A. Goldfarb, MD, according to app.com.
The Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program released its latest standards document, Optimal Resources for Children's Surgical Care.
Canadian researchers found physical frailty among older people who have elective surgery is linked to a greater risk of death one year later, according to a study published in JAMA.
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Phacoemulsification surgery may see even more advances arriving in clinics over the next five years, according to a presentation at the annual Walter Wright Symposium.
The Grants Pass Surgery Center in southern Oregon hosted legislators for a discussion about healthcare, according to a KDRV report.
CVS Health's MinuteClinic has received its third consecutive Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission.
American College of Physicians members Peter Basch, MD, and Thomson Kuhn, said the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act enables the CMS to "reconceptualize" Meaningful Use, according to FierceEMR.
The Senate health committee is working on bipartisan legislation to advance healthcare IT, according to HIT Consultant.