A surgery center is included in a new Hyannis, Mass., outpatient medical complex, according to a Barnstable Patriot report.
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Cone Health, based in Greensboro, N.C., plans to submit a new application to develop an ambulatory surgery center at its MedCenter High Point (N.C.) facility, according to a Business Journal report (subscription required for full access).
American Nurses Association President Karen Daley, PhD, RN, this week informed a congressional committee that there is an urgent need to develop a stronger nursing workforce to fill a projected 1.2 million nursing jobs that will open within the next…
The Center for Consciousness Studies will hold an April conference focused on examining the effects of anesthetics on the brain, according to an Arizona Public Media report. Among those presenting will be Stuart Hameroff, MD, an anesthesiologist and director of…
An ongoing shortage of sedatives like propofal and fentenyl are prolonging recovery times for New York patients, said Michael Simon, MD, president of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, in a WNYT report.
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin yesterday signed into law a bill aiming to curb prescription drug abuse in the state, according to a WTAP report. Under the new legislation, patients will be entered into a database within 24 hours…
A new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology reveals that opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled between 1997 and 2008, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
A recent study shows that musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders were the most common reasons for medical evaluation (24 percent) among Iraq and Afghanistan service members, and spinal pain was reported by another 7 percent, according to a Pain Medicine…
Quint Studer, founder and CEO of Studer Group, began his career as a special education teacher for 10 years. Mr. Studer entered the healthcare industry in 1984 and said the values of teaching and education carried over to healthcare "very…
Here are five surgery center leaders on the best ways to keep supply costs down.