A new study found 44 percent of patients with glaucoma vision loss fell at least once during a one-year period, and 31 percent experienced falls resulting in injury, according to findings published in the November issue of Optometry and Vision…
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The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the FDA hosted the 2011 Medical Device Reprocessing Summit to discuss challenges of reprocessing reusable medical devices.
Here are 10 recent findings on anesthesiologist compensation, employment and reimbursement in 2011, according to LocumTenens.com's Anesthesiology Salary Survey. Note: All numbers are averages.
The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. Do you have a scanner that can direct documents to your email? Do you use electronic faxing, or fax to email? Have you…
Marsha Wallander, RN, is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: We have a GI (endoscopy room) situated by the post-op/nurse's station. We would plan on bagging and placing the scope once wiped…
Members of North Carolina's House Select Committee on Certificate of Need and Hospital-Related Issues will review the state's certificate of need laws this year, a move that could narrow the scope of CON rules or simplify the application process, according…
Construction has started construction on a new surgery center in Fort Myers, Fla., according to a Naples Daily News report.
A faulty smoke detector found in a utility closet at Allegiance Health Surgery Center in Jackson, Miss., forced the entire building to evacuate on Tuesday afternoon, according to an MLive report.
The operating room should be a key target for ambulatory surgery center infection control programs because it is the source of many infections, such as surgical site infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Reducing the risk of these infections and…
The FDA has extended the comment period on it "510(k) Device Modifications: Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device" document until Nov. 28, according to a Mass Device report.