Marshall Jones, MD, an anesthesiologist, recently joined Medcenter One in Bismarck, N.D., according to a Prairie Business report.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a National Provider Call on "ICD-10 Implementation Strategies for Physicians" on Aug. 3, 2011, according to an Advance Web report.
Mike Lipomi is president and CEO of Surgical Management Professionals in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Proposed Kentucky regulations allowing optometrists to perform some eye surgeries fail to properly define education, training and oversight, according to a release by the Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
Obesity is out of control in every state, with none now at a rate below 20 percent, and state rates are generally rising, according to a news release by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The biggest threat to patients' medical records is theft of mobile devices like iPads and smartphones and not software hackers, according to a report by Mass Device.
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, accused the FDA of squashing innovation by overregulating the device industry, according to a report by Dow Jones.
Patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease have lower rates of esophageal cancer than other GI patients because they are more likely to be screened for Barrett's esophagus, which can develop into cancer, according to a report in the Archives of…
The FDA has approved a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for Cephalon's Fentora and Actiq drugs to manage breakthrough pain in opioid-tolerant patients with cancer, according to a Cephalon news release.
A University of Buffalo psychiatrist proposes to better define a patient's pain by using ontology, a branch of Greek philosophy that precisely categorizes experiences, according to a report by the University of Buffalo Reporter.