Eric Kaiser, MD, a Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist who occasionally moonlights as an auxiliary police officer in Westlake, Ohio, helped to resuscitate a newborn baby while on duty last Sunday, according to a Plain Dealer report.
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Board members of Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Okla., have voted to overturn a group of physician's decision to suspend another physician for two weeks after allegedly committing several medical errors, according to a news report by The…
The following article is written by Sean Benson, cofounder and vice president of consulting with ProVation Medical, part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The march towards meaningful use (MU) has created a sense of urgency within the physician community to…
Hospital operator HCA has announced it is acquiring The Colorado Health Foundation's approximately 40 percent ownership of the HCA-HealthONE joint venture, an acquisition which will give HCA full ownership of 13 ambulatory surgery centers in the metropolitan Denver area.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted four new Class I medical device recalls on June 14-15.
When the National Quality forum recently announced the release of its updated and expanded list of 29 serious reportable events, NQF also announced the serious reportable events no longer just apply to hospitals but now also include ambulatory surgery centers.
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William Tobler, MD, of The Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center, and Michael Stroup, Vice President of Development at United Surgical Partners International gave a presentation titled "Keys to Successfully Establishing and Growing a Premier Spine Center—Why Partner With a Management…
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10, 2011, Richard Hynes, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon in Melbourne, Fla., gave a presentation titled "The Future of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery—Why a Spine-Focused…
Terry Woodbeck, CEO, FAHC, Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, R. Blake Curd, MD, board chairman, Surgical Management Professionals and Jeffrey C. Clark, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP, participated in a panel discussion titled "Q&A Panel: Will Evidence Based Medicine Kill Spine? Will…