Ihab Herraka, MD, has joined Sparks Gastroenterology Center on the second floor of the surgery center in Fort Smith, Ark., according to a City Wire report.
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A state inspection of Orange Medical Ambulatory Surgery Center in McAllen, Texas, almost led to the center losing its license, according to a Star-Telegram report.
Satish Kodali, MD, an ENT physician and one of the physician owners of The Surgery Center in Franklin, Wis., a joint venture between Associated Surgical & Medical Specialists and Aurora HealthCare Ventures. He currently serves as president of The Surgery…
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) praised statewide patient safety efforts at a recent hearing on behalf of the Senate Special Committee on Aging in Hartford, according to a Boston Globe report.
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has hired two patient safety liaisons for the Northeast and Central regions to serve as educational patient safety consultants to healthcare facilities that submit reports through the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System.
Health officials confirmed that six more patients of Exeter (N.H.) Hospital tested positive for hepatitis C following a possible hepatitis C outbreak related to its cardiac catheterization lab in late May, according to a New Hampshire Union Leader report.
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a protein in the immune system that may help tackle bacterial infections.
Most hospitalized children continue to experience persistent pain despite receiving appropriate therapies and treatment, according to research published in Pain Management Nursing.
Douglas Constant, MD, has joined the pain management practice at Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton, Fla. He will work out of the practice's Pointe West Medical Plaza office and surgery center.
Failing to maintain board certification requirements should not bar physicians from practice, according to discussions at the American Medical Association annual meeting reported in American Medical News.