In anticipation of an extensive state crackdown on pill mills, some Washington State clinics have stopped taking new pain patients on opiates and a few have even cut off current pain patients, according to a News Tribune report.
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More than three-quarters of medical devices in the most serious level of FDA recalls were originally cleared under the less rigorous FDA approval process or were considered so low-risk that they were exempt from review, according to an Archives of…
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with EOS Imaging for musculoskeletal radiographic systems, according to an Amerinet news release.
Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, for Surgical Care Affiliates. "Because teammates work in a hurried and…
New legislation has been introduced in New Jersey that would require hospitals in the state to implement a facility-wide plan to prevent the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to an NJTODAY.NET report.
A new surgery center is scheduled to open on the medical campus of Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital in New Albany, Ohio, this fall, according to a blog entry on the website of OrthoNeuro, a physician group that will…
The National Quality Forum has announced its board of directors has endorsed a new safety measure focused addressing radiation dosing in computed tomography, according to an NQF news release.
Sentara Potomac Hospital, based in Woodbridge, Vir., is seeking permission from the Virginia Health Department to relocate an operating room from its hospital to a new surgery center in Lake Ridge, Vir., according to a Washington Business Journal report.
Kate Rock, administrator of Doylestown Surgery Center in Warrington, Pa., discusses 10 ways administrators can improve the work environment at their surgery centers.
Use of spinal anesthesia during total hip replacement could affect leg length, according to an Ortho Supersite report.