More Massachusetts state employees chose this year to enroll in plans that limit the providers they can see, according to a Boston Globe report.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has decided to cancel its "mystery shopper" program, originally intended to analyze whether primary care physicians accept or reject new patients based on the type of insurance they hold, according to an…
In a recent webinar, "Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management," physicians from Somnia Anesthesia and California's Desert Regional Medical Center discussed the process of changing anesthesia providers at a busy hospital. The presenters, Robert Goldstein, MD, chief medical…
Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control has launched a new database that provides a wide range of downloadable tools and resources designed to help healthcare providers improve quality of care and ensure a safe working environment for their…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide a poster which describes how tuberculosis is spread and the difference between latent TB infection and TB disease.
Health Inventures, a surgical services and practice management company, has announced it has relaunched its website.
Health Inventures, a surgical services and practice management company, has announced it is expanding and will offer three new service lines: physician practice management; perioperative and anesthesia services; and human resources employment services.
A New Jersey bill that would require licensing for one-operating room surgery centers in the state has been amended, and the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has expressed its satisfaction with the changes.
Eight ambulatory surgical centers and hospitals joined with the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare to address the factors of wrong-site surgeries, which are estimated to occur 40 times a week based on state data.
Baltimore's University of Maryland Medical Center surgical intensive care unit sustained a rate of zero central line-associated bloodstream infections for a 25-week period, mainly due to the dedication and oversight of appointed infection control nurses, according to a news release…