Global Healthcare Exchange has provided a list of 10 strategies for hospitals and other healthcare organizations on cutting medical-surgical supply spending, according to a GHX release.
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The recent opioid-related killings of four people at a Long Island pharmacy have given new life to a U.S. Senate bill that would require physicians and other professionals to get special training on prescribing opioids, according to a report by…
In a survey of people using mobile medical devices, 96 percent said ease-of-use was the top factor in selecting a mobile healthcare device while 76 percent listed price as the second factor, according to a report by the IBM Institute…
A Colorado nurse's suicide earlier this year has drawn more attention to "second victims" of medical errors, according to an MSNBC news report.
Miami-area physician Rene De Los Rios, MD, who has been convicted for his role in a $23 million HIV injection and infusion Medicare fraud scheme, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison, according to a Miami Herald news…
A nationwide poll has found that follow-up colon cancer screening rates for age groups recommended for screening are remarkably low, according to a news release by the Colon Cancer Alliance.
A study of Autonomic Technologies' implantable neurostimulation system for the treatment of cluster headache reported positive preliminary findings, according to a release by Autonomic Technologies.
Some providers have extended the use of gastric band surgery to patients with lower body mass indexes, following a recent FDA decision to lower the BMI threshold, according to a report by Mass Device.
Fewer physicians are accepting new patients with health insurance, according to research from Weill Cornell Medical College, reported in All Headline News.
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case, "Witt, Alexis v United States," involving malpractice by a military nurse anesthetist that resulted in the death of a U.S. Air Force Airman, according to an ASA release.