The Joint Commission has provided a free, downloadable poster addressing the Universal Protocol for preventing wrong site, wrong procedure and wrong person surgery.
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A Utah State University researcher has genetically engineered spider silk that can be used to heal wounds and make artificial tendons and ligaments, according to a Med City News report.
America's Health Insurance Plans spent $2.2 million on federal lobbying from April to June of 2011, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Allstate Files $5M Fraud Suit Against New York Surgery Center Management Company, 9 Other Defendants
Allstate Insurance Co. has filed an insurance fraud lawsuit against 10 New York-area defendants, including a surgery center management company, seeking to recover $5 million, according to an Allstate news release.
Fletcher Allen Health System, based in Burlington, Vt., has admitted unspecified medical errors were made in the care of a now-deceased patient, according to a Burlington Free Press report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Fletcher Allen…
Avoidable readmissions after discharge from hospital are fairly uncommon and are not an accurate measure of quality of care, according to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Pennsylvania has scrapped plans to limit enrollment in its federally funded health insurance program for uninsured people with pre-existing medical conditions, according to a Philly Burbs report.
Here are on-call coverage statistics for 10 common surgery center specialties, based on data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2011 Report: A Review of 2010 Trends and Transactions.
The following article is written by Jared Leger, RN, CEO of Arise Healthcare.