In a blog post on The Joint Commission website, Michael Kulczycki, executive director for The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, discusses the new Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) for wrong-site surgery from The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.
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With ambulatory care visits outnumbering hospital admissions 300 to one, there is a need for additional research into ambulatory patient safety, according to an editorial in American Medical News.
CMS is reminding providers of the Version 5010 standard that will be enforced beginning April 1, according to an AAPC report.
Medical Facilities Corporation has announced a cash divided payment of CDN $0.0917 per common share will be payable on March 15, according to a Newswire report.
North Carolina regulators have approved a proposal to move three operating rooms to a new 10,000-square-foot surgery center on Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's new campus in Clemmons, according to a Greensboro Business Journal report.
Kevin Petersen, MD, will perform surgeries at no cost for two uninsured Nevada residents at Medical District Surgery Center on Feb. 20, according to a FOX 5 Vegas report.
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation Donates $5M to Cleveland's University Hospital Eye Institute
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation donated $5 million to the University Hospital's Eye Institute in Cleveland, according to a news release.
In an industry dominated by big suppliers and group purchasing organizations, some small medical suppliers are holding their ground, according to a Star-Telegram report.
A joint investigation between the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today revealed networks of pain organizations, physicians and researchers are responsible for the increase in painkiller prescriptions.
Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have eliminated morphine tolerance in rats by reformulating the common cancer drug imatinib, according to a news release.