McKesson has announced the launch of two new physician practice solutions — McKesson Practice Choice and McKesson Practice Care, according to McKesson Practice Choice news release and McKesson Practice Care news release.
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Medical schools and residency programs are increasingly offering art classes to medical students that are designed to help students improve observation and communication skills, according to a Boston Globe blog post.
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Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the release of a module to support participation in the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news release (pdf).
As ambulatory surgery centers look for ways to maintain and grow their bottom line, more centers are changing their anesthesia care services to access more revenue. On the surface, the financial reward for modifying anesthesia services can be very compelling;…
Maxim Healthcare Services, a national home healthcare company based in Columbia, Md., has agreed to a settlement of approximately $150 million to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide fraud scheme, according to a news release from the…
General anesthesia and surgery could speed up cognitive decline and prompt the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study of 11 patients presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the International Anesthesia Research Society and reported in Anesthesiology News.
Hepatitis C outbreaks could have been avoided if drug manufacturers Baxter Healthcare Services and Teva Parenteral Medicine had sold smaller vials of propofol to healthcare facilities, argued a patient's lawyer during the opening statements of the third civil trial over…
The transition to the ICD-10 medical coding system will increase the number of medical codes from 18,000 to 140,000, mandating significantly more detail for diagnoses and procedures, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
American Society of Anesthesiologists President Mark A. Warner, MD, along with other industry representatives, met with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the impact of anesthesia drug shortages on Friday, Sept. 9, according to an ASA…