Donald Russell Johnson, MD, a dermatologist from Anacortes, Wash., has had his license suspended for allegations including patient abandonment and criminal assault, according to a Washington State Department of Health news release.
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Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn., has agreed to purchase Kentucky Lake Surgery Center from a group of local physicians, according to a Paris Post-Intelligencer report.
NuHealth, the parent company of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., has implemented a pilot project based on the Department of Defense and AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS program, according to a health system news release.
Clostridium difficile has surpassed MRSA as the most common hospital-acquired infection in community hospitals, according to a study (pdf) by Duke University Medical Center researchers. Research has also indicated that C. diff infection can cost an average of $4,000 per…
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ClearCount Medical Solutions has announced it has received approval to affix the CE mark to its SmartSponge and SmartWand-DTX products, according to a ClearCount news release.
Cataracts affect more than 22 million people in the United States, or more than half the population over the age of 65, according to a UPI report.
President Obama signed an executive order yesterday ordering the FDA to take action on drug shortages in three key areas, an Associated Press report said.
In order to ensure the rising numbers of MRIs are done safely, the FDA held a public workshop Oct. 25-26 at its White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Md., according to an Advancing Safety in Medical Technology news release.