Surgeons at Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University in Detroit are developing a faster, less expensive method of identifying bacterial infections and determining their antibiotic resistance, according to an American College of Surgeons news release.
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Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, N.J., has implemented a new influenza vaccination policy to improve infection control, according to a Burlington County Times report.
Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…
This year has been a noteworthy year for physicians and hospitals, and the key structural drivers of change will continue into 2012. Accountable care organizations were declared "the party that nobody comes to," payors began to buy physicians and hold…
Open access GI endoscopy, or endoscopy procedures performed without a full consultation beforehand, can open up time in a busy endoscopist’s schedule. Although not all procedures can be done on an open access basis, studies have shown that if done…
The Department of Health and Human Services today released its final rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which involves the establishment of accountable care organizations and is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2012. So far, experts have said…
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AmSurg has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, with revenues for the quarter of about $196 million, an increase of 11 percent over the third quarter of 2010, according to an AmSurg news release.
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A new study indicates that using less invasive spinal, epidural and local anesthesia care is better than general anesthesia for elective endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to a news release. The study, published in the Nov. 2011…