A new study found postmenopausal women who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for at least 10 years had a lower risk of dying from colorectal cancer than women who did not use NSAIDs at all, said an American Association for Cancer…
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The Minnesota Hospital Association offers a free, downloadable poster to help prevent patient falls.
Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center, in Baxter, Minn., and an AAAHC surveyor, provided Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control with a patient flow worksheet template for use in ambulatory surgery centers.
Safesurg.org, a website designed to support individuals and institutions interested in improving the safety of surgical practices, provides three free videos on the use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.
Pfizer has agreed to pay $14.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations related to the marketing of its drug Detrol, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. This settlement resolves the last of a group of…
MMX Holdings, which is preparing to launch its ManageMyASC.com platform for commercial release, has announced a partnership with the investment arm of California's Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic as part of MMX's acquisition of the SurgiCoder technology platform, according to a news…
Eliminating the sustainable growth rate formula is an essential step in reforming Medicare, health policy observers told a Senate panel on Oct. 12, according to an American Medical News report.
The Ohio Patient Safety Institute offers a free, downloadable brochure encouraging patients to become involved in their surgical procedure and care.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded the University of Michigan Health System $3.5 million to examine tissue-specific metabolic reprogramming in diabetes complications. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on diabetes complications.
CMS will now begin to cover annual screenings for alcohol misuse and depression, according to agency decision memos.