LaClaro, maker of the Lighthouse revenue cycle management system for ambulatory surgery centers, recently expanded its client base into Texas and Kansas, bringing to 10 the number of states where ASCs are using its software.
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A new microscope can see details at the nanoscale by combining X-rays and an algorithm similar to one used to sharpen images from the Hubble Space Telescope, according to a UC San Diego news release.
Steven Hendrick, MD, has joined Harper Bariatric Medicine Institute in Detroit as a bariatric surgeon, according to a Harper BMI news release.
A new program at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., seeks to recruit and train Spanish-speaking medical students to improve medical services and communication delivered to the Spanish-speaking population, according to a Californian report. Read the full report in Becker’s…
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Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has released a corrective action plan in response to a CMS investigation that found the hospital had numerous patient safety deficiencies that endangered the hospital's Medicare/Medicaid status, according to a hospital announcement.
In a study of pharmaceutical ads in medical journals, only 18 percent followed FDA guidelines for drug ads, according to a PLoS One journal report.