One of the biggest issues in healthcare is the upcoming patient demographic change because of the aging baby boomer generation. According to Kipp Fesenmaier, vice president of business development for Vantage Outsourcing, this issue has already caused the marketing of…
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In an April 5 webinar titled, "ASC Turnaround Tactics for 2012 and Beyond: New Best Practices to Increase Revenues and Beat the Competition," Jeffrey Simmons, Nap Gary and Anastasios Pantelidis of Regent Surgical Health discussed strategies for partnering with hospitals…
Attorney General Eric Holder has affirmed courts' power to strike down laws in a response to a judge's demand for an explanation of President Barack Obama's recent remarks, according to a New York Times report.
A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests use of chlorhexidine gluconate is effective in reducing infections after low transverse cesarean sections. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on chlorhexidine gluconate.
The details surrounding why Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs in Ashland was prohibited from accepting new patients have been made public, according to a WNEP report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Saint Catherine Medical Center.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., has agreed to pay $8.25 million to the parents of a child who died from a fatal medication error, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…
Researchers found 3-second steam treatment had a more than 99.95 percent killing efficiency on biofilms developed by four bacterial strains, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found scattering a gram of powdered antibiotic directly into a spinal surgery wound appears to be a safe, cost-effective way to achieve low post-operative infection rates.
Pain management specialists are increasingly calling on primary care physicians to assist in treating patients with pain, according to a recent discussion at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine in Palm Springs, Calif.
Gastroenterologist Eric Ibegbu, MD, has opened a new GI-driven surgery center in Kingston, N.C., according to a Free Press report.