Medicare and Medicaid will soon start requiring that ambulatory surgery centers report on various quality measures such as burns, transfers to hospitals and patient falls. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has said that many of those quality measures aren't…
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The CDC provides a free, downloadable "Think TB!" poster.
A review by the Joint Commission found several problems at Carlisle (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, including a lack of compliance with anesthesia regulations, according to a FOX 43 report.
Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Calif., has named Roy Winston, MD, chief of anesthesiology for its anesthesia department, according to a Visalia Times Delta report.
Men with colorectal cancer are not routinely offered information and treatment for erectile dysfunction, according to an Oncology Nurse Advisor report.
Adding a nurse practitioner to a busy hospital staff can reduce unnecessary emergency department visits, according to a study conducted by researchers at Loyal University Health System and published in the latest issue of Surgery.
While private businesses are compensating employees more than they did 10 years ago, the increase in compensation has been absorbed by employee benefits rather than salary hikes, according to a Forbes report.
At least six states have expanded their Children's Health Insurance Programs to include children of low-income state employees, according to a Kaiser Health News report.