The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published safety labeling changes made prescribing information for 48 products in November.
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The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue.
The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue.
Gerald Zeitlin, MD, an anesthesiologist who has taught at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, has published a memoir highlighting advancements in anesthesia safety over the past 50 years, according to an MMDNewswire report.
PharMEDium has unveiled with the certiMED system, a solution designed to support medication safety and documentation in the operating room, according to a Sacramento Bee report.
Recent studies highlighted in New Scientist present new research on how consciousness works, according to a Forbes report.
Colorado will need up to 141 new primary care physicians and other health professionals by 2016, representing a 3 percent increase in the workforce to serve newly insured Coloradans, according to a Coloradoan report.
Approximately 80 percent of Americans aged 18-64 report having health insurance coverage, with the percentage increasing among the employed and those in upper-income groups, according to a Colorado Health Institute report.
Jay C. Grochmal, MD, a vision correction and LASIK surgeon in Baltimore, says photorefractive keratectomy for vision correction is gaining popularity over LASIK surgery, according to a news release.
Moody's Investors Service expects medical device companies to pursue share buybacks, dividends and acquisitions to assure shareholders and encourage growth as demand remains low and pricing pressure rises, according to a news release.