The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will pay $925,000 to a man whose eyeball exploded during a routine outpatient cataract operation due to a misplaced local anesthetic, according to a Connecticut Post report.
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Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford said Monday he plans to ask the state Legislature for the authority to set up its health insurance exchange next year, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
John Dusenberg, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and advanced practice nurse prescriber at Manitowoc (Wis.) Surgery Center, recently answered a reader's question in HRTNews about whether spinal anesthesia is appropriate for knee replacement surgery.
Brian Brown is regional vice president, operations, for Meridian Surgical Partners. Q: During your presentation at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, you referred to incentivizing employees around collections. What kind of incentives…
Nick Vailas, president of Bedford (N.H.) Ambulatory Surgical Center Dear Colleague, has created an internet-based blog that discusses transparency in healthcare.
Orthopedic and Sports Surgery Center in Appleton, Wis., opened in 2006 as an outpatient surgery center owned by seven orthopedic surgeons and one anesthesiologist. In March 2008, the center added partial knee replacements; today, the center performs 15-16 total joint…
Gundersen Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, Wis., has created job action cards in the event of a radiological incident.
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists offers a free, downloadable brochure for patients which provides answers to questions about conscious sedation.
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, based in Lumberton, N.C., is planning a new joint-venture ambulatory surgery center, according to a news release on the hospital's outlook from Fitch Ratings.
Professional Disposables International, a provider of infection prevention products for environmental hygiene, skin antisepsis, hand hygiene and patient care, has announced the launch of the Sani-Hands Bedside Pack, a hand-hygiene product accessible at a patient's bedside.