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Greg Horner, MD, is managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners and a board member of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association.
Bozeman (Mont.) Deaconess Hospital has been fined $3,500 for two nuclear safety violations, according to a Republic news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.
State regulators have filed complaints against Carol Roberts, MD, alleging her lax infection control practices are the cause of a hepatitis C outbreak at her holistic medicine practice in Brandon, Fla., according to a St. Petersburg Times news report.
Marty Winslow, director of reimbursement for Nueterra Healthcare in Leawood, Kan., provides 12 ways for ambulatory surgery centers to improve contracting with payors.
Researchers found individuals who drink coffee or hot tea are less likely to be MRSA nasal carriers than those who do not drink coffee or hot tea, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.
The Connecticut Medical Examining Board has fined a Glastonbury physician for administering an anesthetic to the wrong surgical site, according to a Hartford Courant report.
Researchers at San Francisco General Hospital recently published a study that found patients on mechanical ventilation required lower doses of sedatives when they listened to classical music, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
Federal health officials say Montana has failed to create a system to review health insurance rate increases in the state, and the federal government will therefore take over reviews starting Sept. 1, according to a Missoulian report.
Researchers are testing a wireless power source that would eliminate electric power attachments for implanted medical devices, according to a news release by the University of Washington.