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Facing a "stagnant" U.S. market, the medical supplies industry is focusing more on international operations, according to a Paragon Report news release.
The former office manager of a shuttered Columbus, Ohio, pain clinic has received a 10-year, 10-month sentence in federal prison for illegally distributing prescriptions, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides a free, downloadable brochure which provides patients with tips to use before, during and after a medical appointment.
Orexigen Therapeutics has received FDA approval to resume development of an obesity pill, according to a company news release.
A New York podiatrist will pay $800,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that he submitted claims to Medicare for services that could not have been performed in the time period reported, according to a news release from the…
Former Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.) has been named coordinator of the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative, according to a Health Industry Group Purchasing Association news release (pdf).
Johns Hopkins researchers found a 6.9 percent rate of hospitalization within 30 days of prostate biopsy, compared to a 2.9 percent hospitalization rate among a control group of men who did not have a prostate biopsy, according to a Johns…
The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has endorsed three measures focused on child health, as well as one measure focused on improving patient safety, according to an NQF release.
The National Quality Forum will release a web-based tool for finding and exploring ways to use NQF-endorsed quality measures next week, according to an NQF release.