Samara Moore, MD, has agreed to pay $238,000 in a medical malpractice lawsuit that accused her of delivering negligent care, according to a Southeast Texas Record report.
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Several shared lessons and common themes emerged after five Indianapolis hospitals participated in a collaborative designed to study an evidence-based bundle to reduce MRSA, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Read the full report in Becker’s…
Englok Yap, MD, a pain specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, has joined Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, according to a report from The Plain Dealer.
A new study found stage 1 pancreatic cancer is more likely to be identified with the tumor marker CA 19-9 and targeted endoscopic ultrasound than with standard means of detection, according to a news release the American Society for Gastrointestinal…
ECRI Institute has released a new white paper on the challenges of hospital operating room integration, according to an ECRI news release.
Gastroenterologist Corey J. Sievers, MD, has joined Southeast Gastroenterology in Cape Girardeau, Mo., according to a report by the Southeast Missourian.
New research has found vegetarians are one-third less likely than meat-eaters to develop diverticular disease, according to a report in the British Medical Journal.
Kentucky’s Attorney General Jack Conway is suing pharmaceutical company McKesson, claiming the wholesaler conspired with a price data service to inflate its Medicaid reimbursements, according to a Courier-Journal report. The suit claims McKessson plotted with First DataBank to distort the…
Leading business associations recently joined medical technology companies in urging Congressional leaders to repeal the medical device tax, which is part of the healthcare reform law, according to a news release by the Medical Device Manufacturers Association.
Boca Pharmacal has received FDA approval of its abbreviated new drug application for hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen oral solution for the relief of moderate to moderately severe pain, according to a news release from Boca Pharmacal.