In 2010, a patient death at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester involved a delayed response to alarms signaling the patient's fast heart rate and breathing problems, according to a Boston Globe report.
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The Massachusetts Public Health Council recently discussed a possible mandatory flu vaccination policy for all acute-care hospital workers, according to a South Coast Today report.
Encircle Healthcare, a provider of web-based automation technology for healthcare providers, has announced the release of its ECHO referral and integration platform, which provides connectivity between ambulatory surgery centers and their referring surgeons to streamline the exchange of patient information…
A recent report by the New York Department of Health shows colon and coronary artery bypass graft surgical site infection rates improved significantly in 2010. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on New York hospitals’ infection rates.
According to a report in the Star-Ledger, and online at NJ.com, proposed regulations by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) would include personal injury protection hospital outpatient department and doctor office-based procedures for the first time on…
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II wants to deputize members of the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, allowing them to serve subpoenas, carry a weapon and wear a badge, according to a Washington Times report. Mr. Cuccinelli, a Republican,…
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has lost a suit to Baxter International worth $144 million, a case that came after a Las Vegas court last year instructed the two drug companies to pay $500 million in compensation to a patient infected with…
ADHD drug Ritalin may hasten recovery from general anesthesia, according to a study published in Anesthesiology and reported in The Atlantic. In a series of lab experiments, researchers administered Ritalin or saline to rats that had previously received isoflurane, a…
The number of uninsured young adults has dropped significantly, thanks in part to a provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that allows young adults to stay on their parents' health insurance plans, according to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer report.
The following article is written by Kevin McDonough, CFA, Senior Manager, and Colin Park, Senior Analyst, of VMG Health. Part I: Same center volume trends There was a collective hope by ambulatory surgery center market participants that performance declines…