mTuitive, which develops data capture and synoptic reporting software to assist healthcare professionals in recording clinical findings and maintaining compliance with established protocols and guidelines, has announced it has added Katherine S. Rowell to its board of directors, according to…
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The FDA approved the single-site instrumentation for Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robotic surgery system that will allow gallbladder removal with one incision, according to a company news release.
The FDA issued warning letters to eight surgical centers and California marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN, asking them to remove misleading advertisements for the Lap-Band device, according to a news release.
Researchers at Case Western University found a device that mimics the periosteum, a sock-like sheath that surrounds the bone and delivers stem cells and growth factors to grow bone and heal bone defects that would have not healed on their…
Anne Dean, RN, BSN, LRM, CEO and co-founder of The ADA Group, consultants for ambulatory development and regulatory compliance, shares seven quality improvement strategies based on the results of CMS surveys of ambulatory surgery centers.
A projected $120 million budget deficit for Maine's current fiscal year may be the result of a series of technical budgeting miscalculations, according to a Portland Press Herald report.
CMS has issued a revision to its "30-minute" rule on the administration of medication in hospitals, according to a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post and a copy of the notification (pdf).
Congress will vote today on a House Republican bill that would allow POHs to open if they were under construction at the end of 2010 and would allow them to expand if they were already in existence at that time,…
Ambulatory surgery center management and development companies were very active during the final months of 2011. Here are 10 recent reports on transactions involving ASC management and development companies, including new center openings, partnerships and acquisitions. Note: Reports are listed…
Insurance coverage for bariatric surgery in patients under 18 is relatively scarce compared to adults, according to a Gant Daly report.