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Staff teamwork is critical to a flourishing ambulatory surgery center, says Elaine Thomas, RN, administrator at St. Francis Mooresville (Ind.) Surgery Center. "When physicians experience outstanding teamwork, they are more likely to bring their cases to the center," she says.…
Irving Place Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, has announced it will acquire National Surgical Hospitals, an owner and operator of 14 surgical hospitals and seven ambulatory surgery centers located in 10 states.
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William Roe, former CFO of Danbury (Conn.) Hospital, has pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $200,000 from Danbury Hospital and St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek news report.
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Medline Industries, a healthcare supplier based in Mundelein, Ill., has acquired the assets of O'Mara Scientific, a Grandville, Mich.-based distribution company, according to a news release.
Researchers suggests patients with inflammatory bowel disease and primary sclerosing cholangitis should undergo annual colonoscopy once the diagnosis of the concomitant disease is made, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University suggest a discussion of colorectal cancer screening options could confuse patients and prevent them from undergoing screening, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Anesthesiologists Marc Abreu, MD, David Silverman, MD, and colleagues at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., have identified an area of the brain that transmits brain temperature to an area of the skin and has the potential to prevent death…