The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists.
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Clifford Boese, MD, has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle allegations by the Iowa Board of Medicine that he performed wrong-site surgery, according to a Des Moines Register report.
The Vermont Medical Practice Board has ordered John R. Bookwalter, MD, to shut down the obesity treatment portion of his practice, according to a Republican report.
Thomson Reuters has launched a clinical intelligence dashboard to help infection preventionists manage and reduce hospital-acquired infections, according to a company release.
According to the 2011–2012 HDMA Factbook, prescription sales through primary healthcare distributors reached $268 billion in 2010 and represented 87 percent of all pharmaceutical sales in the country, a Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research news release said.
Steven Shafer, MD, professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University and editor in chief of the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia, will testify as an expert witness about propofol in the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, MD, according to…
The Health Industry Group Purchasing Association has changed its name to the Healthcare Supply Chain Association, according to an association news release.
Nervomatrix, an Israeli pain-relief neurostimulation device company, received a $3.5 million investment and plans to create its North American headquarters in Akron, Ohio, according to a MedCity News report.