Health insurance company Aetna recently reported fourth quarter net income that jumped 73 percent over the same quarter in 2010, an increase driven by low use of healthcare and reduction in key expenses, according to a Washington Post report.
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General anesthesia is safer than regional anesthesia for patients undergoing minimally invasive treatment for liver cancer, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A special wound catheter used to infuse local anesthetic into the hip joint can provide improved post-operative pain control for patients undergoing hip replacement surgery, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Critics are speaking out that the formal dissolution of the state's Board of Registered Nursing, which went into effect this year, could affect both patients and nurses, according to a California Watch report.
The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has offered positive feedback for a new website launched by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services that focuses on ASC inspections, according to a news release from NJAASC.
The Beryl Institute has released a white paper that includes data from its 2011 benchmarking study on patient satisfaction as well as five areas healthcare providers can work to improve patient satisfaction rates.
Huntsville Hospital and Capella Healthcare of Franklin, Tenn., jointly announced they have tentatively agreed for Huntsville Hospital to purchase the assets of Hartselle Medical Center, which could eventually be converted to an outpatient facility, according to a Madison County Record…
The California Department of Public Health has fined Seton Medical Center in Daly City $100,000 after a patient suffocated and died from a medical error, according to a Mercury News report.
Covenant Health completed a $90 million expansion on Fort Sanders Regional last year, which has since been partially leased out to six physician practices and an outpatient surgery center, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.
The Joint Commission has released a free, downloadable brochure on the topic of stroke prevention and treatment.