With half of all medical devices in the United States imported, it is difficult to ensure that all players along the supply chain meet their safety and quality responsibilities, according to a report by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Bill Walton, legendary NBA player and broadcaster, as a keynote speaker at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers…
An article in Pain Physician describes a double-needle method to improve the accuracy of sacroiliac joint injections, which can be challenging to insert in the right place each time.
The nonmedical use of prescription opioids in the United States costs more than $50 billion a year, with lost productivity and crime accounting for 94 percent of those costs, according to a report in the Clinical Journal of Pain.
Researchers have found that new models to track medical inventory could save hospitals and perhaps ambulatory surgery centers substantial labor and other costs to replenish stock, according to a release by the University of Cincinnati.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced that the American Osteopathic Association's Board of Trustees has approved the recommendation that hospitals accredited by HFAP and/or hospitals with AOA-approved training programs may now apply to be recognized as an AOA Category 1…
New legislation has been introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) that would provide whistleblower protection for nurses who speak out for enforcement of safe staffing standards and establish a federal minimum standard in all hospitals for direct care registered nurse-to-patient…
Here are 100 benchmarking statistics on processes and outcomes at ambulatory surgery centers across the country. Data is compiled from ASC Association surveys, VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker and SDI's Outpatient Surgery Profiling Solution.
In an editorial for Anesthesiology, J. Lance Lichtor discussed whether propofol anesthesia should be used shortly after a patient experiences a stressful event.
Under adequate local anesthesia, the size of the transrectal ultrasound probe made no difference to pain perception during transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy, according to a PubMed report.