The Joint Commission has allowed Carlisle (Pa.) Regional Medical Center to keep its accreditation status after it passed a recent follow-up inspection by the commission, according to a Patriot-News report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Carlisle…
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In 2003, bloodstream infections cost the U.S. economy approximately $29 billion, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on bloodstream infections.
Rand Health offers a free, downloadable tool designed to assess patient satisfaction after each visit.
Slocum-Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford, N.Y., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a WKTV report.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Memorial Hospital of Union County in Marysville, Ohio, has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology and pulmonology procedure documentation and coding, according to a news release (pdf).
Bausch + Lomb has announced it will acquire ISTA Pharmaceuticals for approximately $500 million, according to a news release.
Oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's severability and Medicaid expansion will be presented to the Supreme Court today, according to a Washington Post report.
Research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society provides evidence that new endoscope technology may help surgeons better remove cancerous tumors, according to a news release.
Gastroenterologist T. K. Thomas, MD, has joined the medical staff of Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, Mass., according to a news release.
Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, based in Houston, has opened a new advanced hand center on its Willowbrook campus in Houston that will include a surgery center, according to a news release.