Steven Shearing, MD, a pioneer in cataract surgery, died on Sunday at age 76, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.
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Erik Steele, DO, CMO of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems in Bangor, Maine, has urged healthcare providers to make patients and their families a part of managing their health by issuing their own patient co-pilot safety checklists, according to an editorial…
Thomas Elgin, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Orange Coast Memorial Hospital in Fountain Valley, Calif., has received public reprimand by the Medical Board of California for negligent record keeping, according to official documentation.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a free, downloadable environmental checklist for monitor terminal cleaning.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a free, downloadable poster discussing frequently asked questions about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
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Recent data from AHIP and CMS indicates that aggressive historical growth of high deductible health plans will be exacerbated by the Affordable Care Act. Author Nicholas Newsad translates these effects on surgery centers and patients in his books The Medical…
The Cattails are a series of brushes designed to increase the amount of brushing action without buckling, according to a Cygnus report. The brushes are designed to pull through the instruments, so ASC staff only needs to insert the leader…
The Joint Commission has created a new standard, APR.09.04.01, and revised the elements of performance in standard APR.03.01.01, according to The Joint Commission website.