Cygnus medical announced it will release a new product at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses annual congress in New Orleans.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, part of CDC, provides a free, downloadable set of four posters developed for the NIOSH STOP STICKS Campaign.
An Oklahoma proposal to establish a state-run health insurance exchange passed a test vote on Monday with the support of three lawmakers, according to aTulsa World report.
A new outpatient surgery center for Edmond, Okla., is expected to be completed in summer 2013, according to an Oklahoman report.
Running an organization with multiple moving pieces is never easy, and a hospital joint-venture ambulatory surgery center is no different. "Experience has taught us that joint ventures that begin with the best of intentions can fall apart because of lack…
In November 2011, the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine received $10 million from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to reduce surgical site infections and other complications from colon surgery. The project…
The FDA has called for stricter regulations against unsafe products in light of thousands of patient lawsuits concerning faulty hip implants and vaginal mesh, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Nearly 20 medical device trade associations will send representatives to Washington this week to meet with lawmakers to discuss repealing the anticipated medical device tax, according to a report by the National Journal.
A Stanford University study reveals that a low dose of the opioid antagonist naltrexone significantly reduces daily pain in patients with fibromyalgia, according to a Medscape News report.
A Methodist Neurological Institute patient recently became the first in Texas to receive an implanted spinal device offering stronger help for chronic pain, according to a report by Health Canal. The 62-year-old woman underwent a 40-minute procedure, during which the…