The FDA has sent a letter to medical device manufacturer Covidien, warning the company that it is has failed to address injuries and deaths related to its DUET Tissue Reinforcement System Reload, according to a Boston Business Journal report.
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Jessica Nantz, president and founder of Outpatient Healthcare Strategies, has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with the last 15 years strictly in the outpatient sector. Ms. Nantz and the Outpatient Healthcare Strategies team offer expert…
Nearly 1,800 patients will be left to seek alternative sources for treatment following the shuttering of an Iowa Health pain clinic this Friday, according to a Des Moines Register report.
A New Hampshire program started in 2008 to curb drug addiction has led to a significant drop in painkiller prescriptions for prison inmates, according to a Nashua Telegraph report.
More than one-quarter of physicians with ownership in small practices say they could foresee closing their practices in the coming year, data from an MDLinx survey revealed.
More physicians use desktop computers than laptops in their practices to access health records, according to a survey reported in iHealthBeat.
Keith A. Fleischman, DO, has joined Cenegenics Medical Institute in New York City as a staff anesthesiologist. He will work with cardiologist George Shapiro, MD, and vascular surgeon and cancer specialist Joseph E. Bosiljevac, Jr., MD, to treat patients in…
The International Anesthesia Research Society has awarded Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD, $750,000 for anesthesia research — the largest single grant in the organization's 90-year history.
Supervised residents are just as capable of providing safe and high-quality care as fully trained physicians, according to a study published in BMC Medicine.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has developed an infection preventionist competency model to support IP education, according to an American Journal of Infection Control white paper.