Gastroenterologist John Gray, MD, has received the 2012 Community Service Award from the Nevada State Medical Association, according to a news release.
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Alcohol-impregnated port protectors and needleless neutral pressure connectors may help reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections and contaminated blood cultures, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…
Medical Facilities Corporation has announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange approved its notice of intentionto make a normal course issuer bid for up to 283,668 of its outstanding common shares, representing 1 percent of the number of common shares issued…
Surgery center operator United Surgical Partners International has announced the addition of Dan Wolterman, president and CEO of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, to its board of directors, according to a Sun Herald report.
Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital has started construction on a new two-story facility that will house a surgery center and emergency department, according to a Sonoma Portal report.
Construction leaders completed the first phase of construction on Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in San Antonio, according to a KSAT report.
A new gene therapy technique may be used to treat imflammatory bowel disease and to relieve pain and inflammation.
A U.S. Senate investigation targeting an "epidemic of accidental deaths and addiction" caused by opioids is accusing both the pharmaceutical industry and pain organizations of spreading misleading information about the drugs' safety and effectiveness, according to American News Report.
The American Board of Anesthesiology should model its recertification process more closely on that of the American Board of Internal Medicine, according to a physician editorial in Anesthesiology News.
The American Medical Association and 98 other medical societies this week sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services arguing that its latest criteria for meaningful use of electronic health records will discourage physicians from using the…