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The University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the State Association of Infection Practitioners are sponsoring a free one-day seminar on "Best Practices in Infection Control in Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Other…
Inspectors, on behalf of CMS, conducted an unannounced follow-up survey of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta., Ga., after state regulators cited the hospital for a range of violations including lack of staffing, according to a WABE report.
Current hospital readmission risk prediction models may not be adequate for comparative or clinical purposes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on hospital readmissions.
Jeffrey Shanton, chair, Advocacy & Legislative Affairs Committee, for the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, has issued a statement in response to an article in the Insurance Journal titled "New Jersey Looks to Put a Lid On Its…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology provides a free, downloadable and adaptable environmental checklist using sodium hypochlorite for daily cleaning when C. diff is involved.
Novation, a leading healthcare supply contracting company for the members of VHA, UHC and Provista, announced that it supports the Practice Greenhealth's Greening the Supply Chain initiative and its Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products, according to a company news…
A gastrointestinal stent for use in patients suffering GI obstructions from cancer has been cleared by the FDA, a Med City News report said.
A petition has been created on the White House Website that urges the government to include acupuncture under CMS and Federal Employee Insurance. The petition says that including acupuncture will "maximize results, end needless suffering & save huge amounts of…
A survey found that even though the American Society of Anesthesiologists and other medical societies recommend multimodal analgesic regimen before surgery, it is only used in one-quarter of cases, according to a news release.