Two consumer groups in Massachusetts are asking lawmakers to give patients a one-year reprieve from healthcare premium increases, according to a Boston Globe report.
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On Friday, June 24, staff from the Government Accountability Office interviewed several leaders from the American Society of Anesthesiologists as part of the office's study on drug shortages, according to an ASA release.
The California Department of Public Health fined Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Calif.) $80,000 after an investigation revealed the hospital's substandard care was the cause for a patient's death in 2008, according to an LA Times news report.
A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held in Jasper, Ind., for a new medical center which will include an outpatient surgery center, according to a report from the Dubois County Free Press.
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has identified 29 causes of wrong-site surgery and offered "targeted" solutions for how to overcome these challenges.
Jeff Blankinship of Surgical Notes will present at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference held Oct. 27-29 at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
Here are profiles of five ambulatory surgery center physician leaders scheduled to speak at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference held Oct. 27-29 at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
Robert O. Baratta, MD, partner and CEO of Ascent Surgical Partners in Nashville, Tenn., lists nine potential disputes among surgeons in an ASC and explains how to resolve them.
Research on trends and characteristics of medication errors in emergency departments showed, among other things, that nurses were more likely to be responsible for this type of medical error, according to a study published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.Read…
A California jury has awarded $2.25 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a surgery center and an anesthesiologist who allegedly neglected to meet medical standards of care, according to an About Lawsuits report.