Todd Borst, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners in Northern California, maps out six changes in staffing that can help boost profits at ambulatory surgery centers.
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Michael Shook, MD, of Oakland Park, Fla., has been sentenced to four years in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to Kentuckians who traveled to a Florida-based pill mill, according to a report by the Middlesboro Daily News.
The American Pain Foundation has launched an outreach campaign to help educate Hispanic-Americans about chronic pain, according to a press release from the foundation.
Danish drugmaker H. Lundbeck announced Wednesday that it will keep selling its Nembutal anesthetic in the United States, despite the fact that it opposes the use of the drug in lethal injection executions, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
GE Healthcare has launched three new mobile X-ray systems following approvals by the FDA, according to a news release from the company.
A recent study of patients with colon cancer that had spread to distant sites found that many were treated with costly chemotherapy that is not considered effective, according to a report by Endo Nurse.
Angela King, MD, an anesthesiologist formerly with University Healthcare System, has sued her former employer for sex discrimination, retaliation, breach of oral contract, violation of the Equal Pay Act and violation of the Louisiana Wage Payment Statute, according to a…
A new analysis of hospital data showed that patients discharged within one day after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had higher mortality rates, according to a report by Internal Medical News.
Smith & Nephew and Arthrex are leading the hip arthroscopy market, according to a news release by iData.
Starting July 1, Georgia state-licensed insurance companies will be able to sell out-of-state health insurance policies that provide less coverage than Georgia requires, according to an Insurance Journal report.