The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine recently filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service over the use of cats to practice infant intubation at the University of Virginia, according to a Cavalier…
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The American Medical Association has been instructed by the AMA House of Delegates to identify and review states whose governors have opted out of the federal Medicare physician supervision requirements for anesthesia provision, according to an American Medical News report.
A new pillow has been invented that may help reduce the risk of patients acquiring hospital-acquired infections through the use of technology found in heart stents, according to an Irish Times report.
APIC provides a free, downloadable brochure focusing on proper hand hygiene for healthcare workers.
The ownership interest in Louisville Orthopaedic Surgery Center in St. Matthews, Ky., held by Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare, will be transferred to Louisville-based Baptist Healthcare System, according to a Courier Journal report.
Josh Billstein, practice manager of the ambulatory surgery center at The Polyclinic in Seattle, discusses eight ways surgery center leaders can save more money on supplies and staffing.
Cataract surgery is gaining popularity for patients with glaucoma because it is less risky than glaucoma surgery, according to an OSN SuperSite report.
Merrill Goozner, the author of the author of The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs, questions the assumption that a greater push toward compliance has reduced off-label drug promotion in an editorial in MassDevice.
GE unveiled the Discovery IGS 730 interventional imaging system at the Radiological Society of North America meeting, according to a MedGadget report.
The FDA has approved Philips' whole body scanning system that uses both PET, or positron emission tomography, and MRI, to detect cancer, according to a Washington Post report.