Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Shamokin Community Area Hospital in Coal Township, Pa., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news release (pdf).
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A new study from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston suggests patients who suffered in-hospital falls did not move around any more than patients who did not fall.
A University of Wisconsin study found daily walking reduces the risk of age-related macular degeneration eye disease, according to a news release.
This past summer, the anesthesiology department at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine allocated money usually given to its residents to purchase textbooks to purchase iPads, an Anesthesiology News report said.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., has submitted a corrective action plan to remedy deficiencies found by federal regulators earlier this year, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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Pacira's pain drug Exparel, which uses bupivacaine, a local analgesic, received approval from the FDA, a Reuter's report said.
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