The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers a free, downloadable checklist for the prevention of wrong-site surgery during eye procedures.
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Here are 20 statistics on the top producing physicians in surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2011.
The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has endorsed 14 patient safety measures with a focus on complications.
Memorial Medical Center in Ludington, Mich., plans to convert its current emergency department to an endoscopy center as part of a new expansion project, according to a news release and an UpNorthLive.com report.
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, based in Lumberton, N.C., has announced it is building a new medical facility that will include a gastroenterology center, according to a news release.
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CMS is soliciting comments (pdf) on an insurance exchange satisfaction survey.
An estimated 38 percent of patients who have migraines need preventive treatment, but only about one-third of them use it, according to study reported in Pain Medicine News.
NeurogesX, a pharmaceutical company developing non-opioid pain management therapies, today announced that it has received approval for two patents for NGX-1998, a liquid formulation of prescription strength capsaicin.
Fifty projects have received a total of $30 million over two years from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.