With ambulatory surgery centers facing stricter infection control guidelines and requirements from government and accrediting bodies, Roberta Bannon, RN, MS, a surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, says it is critical for ASCs to contract an infection control expert and…
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Large sessile colonic polyps can be managed safely and effectively by endoscopic mucosal resection, but previous attempts increase the risk of failure, according to a report in Gastroenterology.
The New York State Attorney General is proposing that physicians be required to report prescriptions on controlled substances, including opioids, to an online database to prevent duplicate prescriptions for the same patient, according to a report by Empire State News.
The Center for Mindfulness at the UC San Diego Health System helps patients tolerate chronic pain by training their brains to lessen experiences of discomfort and in some cases eliminate them, according to a report by NewsWise.
While few endoscopists still use the two-person technique for colonoscope insertion, quality measures for this technique were equal to or better than the much-preferred one-person technique, according to a report in BMC Gastroenterology.
Profits of medical device companies are being clipped by price reductions due to the economy, healthcare reform initiatives and the FDA's confusing approval process, according to a release by the Bedford Report.
Cambridge Consultants, a technology design and development firm, has released the following results of a survey of diabetic patients on usability of drug delivery devices, such as injection pens, auto-injectors and insulin pumps.
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, Robert Carrera, president of Pinnacle III, Peggy Price, president and COO of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Diane Lampron, RN, BSN, CNOR, administrator of Lutheran Campus ASC and director of…
In a presentation at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10, Joyce Deno Thomas, RN, BSN, and Robert Welti, MD, senior vice presidents of operations for Regent Surgical Health, discussed how to…
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark have not been able to agree on a new contract, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.