Electronic medical records sales reached nearly $18 billion in 2011, according to news release on a new report from Kalorama Information on the EMR market.
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GE Healthcare has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Xcellerex, a supplier of manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry, according to a news release (pdf).
Buffalo (N.Y.) Ambulatory Surgery Center has filed plans with the state to open a new surgery center in Cambria, N.Y. according to a Buffalo Business First report.
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of Delaware in Milford announced it now offers several skin care treatments to enhance the appearance of skin.
Elderly patients who are prescribed opioids after minor surgery are 44 percent likely to become addicted to them in the year following the procedure, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Many hospitals and health systems are turning their attention to quality to improve patient care and avoid financial penalties for issues such as preventable readmissions and infections. While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has brought the issue to…
The Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital Foundation, on behalf of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, Calif., is hosting a fundraising event later this month to benefit the hospital's new surgery center under development as part of a larger plaza tower project, according…
Medicare and Medicaid costs are expected to more than double between fiscal year 2012 and FY 2022, according to a March budget report from the Congressional Budget Office.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that physicians cherish their phones. A 2010 study revels that 94 percent of physicians are now using smartphones professionally, and this number has only escalated in the past year.
Sheridan County Memorial Hospital in Sheridan, Wyo., implemented an action plan after state regulators found the hospital inadequately sterilized reusable laryngeal mask airways for several months last year, according to a Star-Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…