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OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) requires employers to make immediate confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available for workers who have an exposure incident, such as a needlestick. An exposure incident is a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane,…
A proposed ambulatory surgery center in Franklin Lakes, N.J., is one step closer to becoming a reality after the ASC developer reached an agreement with his neighbors, according to a Franklin Lakes/Oakland Suburban News report.
Although imaging centers share many concerns with ambulatory surgery centers, they have been going through harder times and even bigger market changes than ASCs, says Kevin McDonough, senior manager in the Dallas office of VMG Health.
The following article is written by Ann O'Neill, director of clinical operations, Regent Surgical Health. This is the third and final installment regarding ASCs and EHR Systems. The first article, "Electronic Health Records: What Does it Mean and Do…
ProVation Medical will host a free webinar on Sept. 29 at 11:00 a.m. CDT titled "Closing the Quality Gap: Evidence to Improve Care."
Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic seeks a new market CEO.
Medical Facilities Corp., which owns controlling interest in four specialty surgical hospitals and one ambulatory surgery center, has announced it will be added to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index, effective after the close of trading on Sept. 16, according to an…
Saint Francis Healthcare System, based Cape Girardeau, Mo., has acquired a majority interest in Physicians Alliance Surgery Center in Cape Girardeau, according to a Southeast Missourian report.
An ongoing national pediatric quality improvement program launched in 2006 has so far prevented 2,964 central line infections; saved 355 children’s lives, and saved nearly $104 million that would have gone toward treating complications stemming from invasive blood-stream infections, according…