An Atlanta physician has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison after he admitted to filing more than $2 million in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report. Robert Williams, MD, was…
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The Cardinal Health Foundation will award more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
New research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine revealed hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission outperformed non-accredited hospitals on 16 nationally standardized quality measures.
A study published in PLos ONE suggests bloodstream infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, may be more prevalent during summer months.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health‘s 2010 report shows central-line blood stream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections dropped 24.4 percent and 13.2 percent, respectively. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on Pennsylvania hospital infections.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists.
Researchers have found that people discount the pain of people they do not like, according to a study published in the October 2011 issue of Pain.
Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, is president of Infection Control Consulting Services based in Blue Bell, Pa. Q: I understand that the surgery team wears sterile gowns over their scrubs, but what about all of the other people in the…
Clifford Boese, MD, has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle allegations by the Iowa Board of Medicine that he performed wrong-site surgery, according to a Des Moines Register report.
The Vermont Medical Practice Board has ordered John R. Bookwalter, MD, to shut down the obesity treatment portion of his practice, according to a Republican report.