Andrew Fish, executive director of AdvaMedDx, a division of the Advanced Medical Technology Association focused on diagnostics policy matters, praised the introduction of the MODDERN Cures Act in a statement.
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The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is urging ambulatory surgery centers across the country to make certain that they are using a "safe surgery checklist" beginning on Jan. 1, 2012.
Pain management is a specialty in flux. Not only are more chronic pain sufferers seeking out treatment, but the release of a recent Center for Disease Control report, which found more people die from prescription drug overdoses than heroin and…
Richard Kube, MD, and Scott R. Anderson, COO of Prairie Spine & Pain Institute, S.C., in Peoria, Ill., shared this tool for building an integrated pain program.
The Joint Commission has proposed a new national patient safety goal regarding overuse of treatments, procedures and tests in healthcare.
Inadequate use of masks or respirators put healthcare workers at risk of 2009 H1N1 infection during the earliest stages of the 2009 pandemic in the U.S., according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital…
A former cardiologist from St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., is facing 22 more lawsuits filed by patients who claim Mark Midei, MD, misled them to undergo stent implants that may have been unnecessary, according to a Baltimore Business…
BIOLASE Technology, a leading dental laser manufacturer and distributor, has been issued a patent for its laser technologies for treating various conditions of the eye, according to a news release.
A new IBISWorld report found the profitability of medical device companies may suffer as a result of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Forbes report.
A research group, led by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, found a one-time injection of fibronectin immediately after spinal cord injury can limit pain for up to eight months, according to a news release.