An analysis of public reporting websites determined that there is room for improvement in the dissemination of quality information, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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The Veterans Health Administration's Medical Team Training program could help lower surgical morbidity, according to research published in the Archives of Surgery.
Medline Industries has announced Surgery Partners has selected it as its preferred distribution partner for medical and surgical supplies, according to a Medline news release.
Christopher Clarence Rupp, MD, is a surgeon at University of North Carolina Hospitals. He serves as the principal investigator of an ongoing multi-institution study examining the use of radio-frequency detection technology as an adjunct to the standard practice of manual…
Senate Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member Scott Brown (R-Mass.), and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) yesterday sent a letter to Peter Budetti, director of CMS' Center for Program Integrity calling for better metrics to assess the…
Alcon's LenSx femtosecond laser may be the most significant piece of technology to impact cataract surgery in recent years, allowing surgeons to correct astigmatism in cataract patients by creating precise incisions before the patient enters the operating room. While the…
The Johns Hopkins Hand Hygiene SuperStar program is a hospital-wide recognition program intended to encourage proper hand hygiene practices.
The National Quality Forum has finalized its list of 29 serious reportable events.
Spending on physician services increased 3.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011, compared to the same quarter in 2010, indicating that spending may be rebounding despite recent studies noting a decline in patient traffic, according to an American Medical…
Physicians had more concerns than patients about sharing access to medical records, according to two studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and reported in Cardiology Today.