To help ease the propofol shortage, drug manufacturer Teva will be releasing product by the end of February, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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Children bathed daily with chlorhexidine gluconate were 36 percent less likely to have a bloodstream infection compared with children bathed using standard practices, according to a study in The Lancet.
The North Carolina Division of Public Health has published its first public report of statewide healthcare‐associated infections.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will discuss eight quality issues in a new series of reports called "Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science."
More ambulatory surgery centers are performing orthopedic cases today, and those cases are increasingly complex. With the addition of these cases come new challenges for negotiating payor contracts, but surgery centers can still achieve good rates if they leverage their…
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The American Hospital Association has suggested the Measure Applications Partnership, part of the National Quality Forum, enhance alignment of quality measurement reporting and payment efforts, according to an AHA News Now report.
CMS is seeking information on a patient experience survey for hospital outpatient surgery departments/ambulatory surgery centers and a family member/friend experience survey on hospice care, according to requests in the Federal Register.
Here are 36 notable surgery centers that perform a majority of GI & endoscopy procedures. Note: Surgery centers are listed in alphabetical order. Centers do not and cannot pay to be selected for Becker's ASC Review lists. The list is…
The American Joint Replacement Registry now includes 119 hospitals nationwide and more than 34,000 total joint replacement procedures.
PinnacleHealth System has opened a new orthopedic and spine unit at its Harrisburg (Pa.) Campus, according to a Harrisburg Magazine report.