The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has filed petition yesterday asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the take Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Victoza, alleging the drug poses a risk to the public, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report.…
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Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas, has reported an increase in the multi-drug resistant bacteria Klebsiella pneumonaie, according to a Killeen Daily Herald report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Scott & White Memorial Hospital.
Charles Peck, MD, FACP, is the president and CEO of Health Inventures, which has brokered and managed physician and hospital joint ventures in ASCs and surgical hospitals for more than 15 years. Dr. Peck has a proven track record of…
The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions against an obstetrician/gynecologist for unprofessional conduct.
CurveBeam has announced it has received FDA 510(k) approval for pedCAT, an in-office 3D foot and ankle scanner, according to a news release from CurveBeam.
Johnson Memorial Hospital will open the first phase of its surgery center April 30, according to a Daily Journal report.
Medical Facilities Corporation announced that a cash dividend payment of CDN $0.0917 per common share will be payable on May 15 to holders of record of common shares at the close of business on April 30, according to Stockhouse report.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order authorizing the creation of the New York Health Benefit Exchange as a marketplace for consumers and businesses to purchase healthcare plans, according to a Westfair Online report.
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Fifty-nine percent of major employers have an account-based health plan option in plan, an increase from 53 percent last year, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health and a report in Reuters.