A study by Robert E. Sedlack, MD, and colleagues suggests that gastroenterologists need more practice on colonoscopies than professional societies currently recommend, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.
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Ashwani K. Chhibber, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and pediatrics at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, has been elected as president of the American Association of Clinical Directors for two years, according to a URMC news release.
University Health System in San Antonio increased its healthcare worker flu vaccination rates from 59 percent in 2009 to 77 percent in 2010, according to a Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America news release.
A survey by the American Osteopathic Association found almost 85 percent of Washington residents say they or someone they care for have experienced pain in the past 30 days, according to a news release.
Researchers at Georgia Health Sciences University have found nitric oxide gas may reduce pain crises of sickle cell disease, according to a GHSU news release.
Martin Barrios, MD, and Peter M. Denk, MD, have opened a new surgery center called Florida Incisionless in Fort Myers, Fla., according to a news release.
Beverly Hills Physicians has opened a new surgical center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., according to a news release.
Roland Borrasi, MD, has been convicted of Medicare fraud after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago used the “one purpose test” to determine the legality of payments Dr. Borrasi received from an Illinois hospital, according…
A physician from Jacksonville, Fla., has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and $475,000 in fines for concealing information in medical records to obtain Medicare and Medicaid payments, according to an ENC Today report. Along with 28 months imprisonment,…
Here are recent reports on 10 new ambulatory surgery centers opened or under construction by hospitals or health systems.