Regular training sessions could prevent awareness during anesthesia, according to a report published in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International and covered in The Medical News.
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Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky., has selected its ProVation MD software for cardiology procedure documentation and coding in the hospital's cardiac catheterization labs.
The Toledo (Ohio) Clinic Outpatient Surgery Center is currently undergoing significant expansion and renovation, according to a report from the Toledo Blade.
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A new ambulatory surgery center for veterans has opened in Harlingen, Texas, according to a report from The Brownsville Herald.
Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., has announced it will acquire a majority interest in Fresno Surgical Hospital on March 31.
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The Food and Drug Administration has released a new plan detailing 25 actions it plans to take in 2011 to improve the 510(k) approval process of medical devices, according to an FDA news release.
Operation Rainbow, a nonprofit organization dedicated to performing free orthopedic surgery for indigent children and young adults in developing countries worldwide, is seeking two anesthesiologists for a mission to Loja, Ecuador, in July 2012, according to the American Society of…