Ninety-three percent of healthcare payors have chosen an approach for their ICD-10 migration efforts, up from 75 percent in the third quarter of 2009, according to survey results from The TriZetto Group.
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Monitored anesthesia care — alone or following peripheral nerve block — accounts for a relatively high percentage of ambulatory anesthetics nationwide, according to a study published in the May 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Lap-Band weight-loss device manufacturer Allergan has asked the FDA to approve Lap-Band surgeries for adolescents as young as 14, according to an LA Times report.
Anesthesia could accelerate the development of Alzheimer's disease in elderly patients, according to a study by researchers at St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, reported in The Australian.
Bruce Nicholson, MD, from the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine in University Park, Pa., recently presented four strategies to manage patient pain following surgery, according to an MPR report.
A central line insertion checklist helped two community hospital's intensive care units reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections by 86 percent, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
AmSurg Corp. President and CEO Christopher A. Holden has announced the appointment of Cynthia S. Miller to the AmSurg board of directors.
A medical office building under development in Mount Vernon, Ill., by St. Mary's Good Samaritan includes a new surgery center, according to a report from the organization.
Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) operates a network of 130 ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals across the country with approximately 3,700 full-time teammates and more than 2,000 physician partners. The company’s mission is to care for patients, serve physicians, and…
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