A new same-day surgery center has been opened in New Orleans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a report by the New Orleans CityBusiness.
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James Stoll, MD, has accused Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis., of prioritizing new hospital construction over infection control, according to a WISN news report.
Churchill Medical Systems, a Vygon company, has initiated a nationwide recall of certain lots of five hospital-use convenience kits, according to an FDA release.
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Scientists have identified a new strain of MRSA that occurs both in human and dairy cow populations and could go undetected under standard MRSA testing, according to a University of Cambridge news release.
Research findings show 30-day readmission rates were approximately 25 percent higher for non-elderly Medicare patients than among Medicare patients 65 and over, according to a study conducted by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
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Rodney L. Plaster, MD, of Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa was co-designer of a total knee replacement device called the Natural-Knee, which was updated three years ago, according to a report by the Tulsa World.
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia is seeking prison terms for four Synthes executives who have pleaded guilty to promoting Norian XR bone cement without FDA approval, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., is starting construction of a $30 million digestive diseases center, according to a report by the Albany Herald.