Matthew Rupert, MD, is the first physician in Tennessee to perform an implantation of Boston Scientific's Infinion 16 Percutaneous Lead to provide pain management through spinal cord stimulation.
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Tech developers are responding to the evolving model of health care with new innovations that focus on technological efficiency, according to a New York Times report.
In 2007, St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare set a goal of eliminating all major preventable harm. Data showed that pressure ulcers accounted for two-thirds of preventable harm at BJC HealthCare hospitals. The system thus launched a five year initiative to reduce…
As Louisiana pushes with 25 other states to reverse the PPACA, the country's agriculture secretary says provisions in the federal law would benefit rural health care, according to a News-Star report.
Spacelabs Healthcare has introduced the qube patient monitor and the Arkon high-performance anesthesia delivery system, both of which have recently received FDA approval.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists will relocate its longtime headquarters in Park Ridge, Ill., to the nearby suburb of Schaumburg as part of a plan to expand online and onsite training for members, according to a Chicago Real Estate Daily…
Massachusetts has spent just $91 million more a year to cover the uninsured since its health coverage law was passed in 2006, according to a report by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation reported in Kaiser Health News.
Plains Regional Medical Center's ambulatory surgery department experienced gains in patient satisfaction last year, according to a Clovis News Journal report.
Surgery centers considering expansion can often turn to community demographics for guidance on the most market-appropriate specialties for their patient pool. Here are three key steps to take in obtaining and analyzing signs from the community.
A bill that would have required education and certification of surgical technologists i did not pass in the House of Representatives, according to an AORN article. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on surgical technologist certification.