The medical technology industry is facing new challenges, including unstable public policy, increased regulation, a financial downturn and a changing customer base, according to Ernst and Young's 2011 "Pulse of the Industry" report.
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Many healthcare professionals are questioning the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recent draft guidance, in which it recommends against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer in healthy men, according to a Florida Times-Union report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a surgical fire prevention initiative, according to an AHA News Now report.
The owner of Houston-based B.I. Medical Supply has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Along with his sentence, Bassey Monday Idiong…
Health Inventures has announced Nebraska Spine Hospital in Omaha has celebrated its one-year anniversary, according to a Health Inventures news release.
Draeger Medical has announced its Innovian Anesthesia Solution Version 4.0 has received electronic health record certification from InfoGard Laboratories, an ONC-authorized testing and certification body, according to a Draeger Medical news release (pdf).
Kimberly-Clark Health Care has announced it has been named company of the year in the medical device category of PM360's Trailblazer Awards competition, according to a news release from Kimberly-Clark Health Care.
Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, is president of Infection Control Consulting Services based in Blue Bell, Pa. Q: Is there any information on what types of privacy curtains should be used in the patient bays? We would really love to…
John Goehle, MBA, CASC, CPA, chief operating officer of Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, discusses five warning signs that suggest healthcare reform could catch your ambulatory surgery center off-guard.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has released an updated Medicare Payment Basics document on the ambulatory surgical centers payment system.