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McKesson has announced it and Health Management Associates have agreed on a new, three-year technology purchasing program, according to a McKesson news release.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced limited-time promotional pricing on patient monitors from Mindray, according to news release from Amerinet.
The American Hospital Association's Physician Leadership Forum now offers a free, downloadable guide designed to help hospitals implement team-based care.
The Patient Safety Authority in Harrisburg, Pa., offers a free, downloadable norovirus preparedness tool, which includes an outcome and process measures worksheet.
Johns Hopkins Medicine offers a free, downloadable checklist that can be used by care teams to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections.
ASC Strategies, a firm specializing in surgical services consulting services to hospitals and health systems, has announced it has launched a new "Outpatient Strategies" division.
A new ambulatory surgery center is set to open in Columbus, Ohio, according to a Columbus Business First report (subscription required for full access). The Specialty Surgery Center of Columbus is expected to receive its license to operate upon…
A group of eight surgeons who want to build a $9 million, 8,365-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Kenai, Alaska, has taken issue with the development of a fourth operating room at the local hospital, according to a Peninsula Clarion report.
Rick Cochran, president and CEO of a mobile medical unit company called Mobile Medical International, says he got his idea for the traveling medical units from the ambulatory surgery center industry, according to a Burlington Free Press report.