6 Ways to Decrease Sharps Injuries and Needle Sticks in the OR Sharps injuries and needle sticks are a significant hazard in the operating room, and providers who don’t comply with prevention practices can endanger themselves, their colleagues and their…
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It seemed like a perfect arrangement: an interested and loyal group of community-based physicians teaming up with the local hospital to create a win-win joint-venture ASC. But, as the saying goes, “even the best laid plans often go astray.” When…
Jeffrey Rengel, MD, has joined the anesthesiology department at St. Mary's Medical Center, part of Essentia Health, both based in Duluth, Minn., according to a Duluth News Tribune report.
1. In February, Innovative Resources Group — doing business as APS Healthcare Midwest of White Plains, N.Y. — agreed to pay $13 million to the federal government and the state of Georgia to settle allegations that it submitted false claims…
Forest Laboratories CEO Howard Solomon’s potential exclusion from federal health programs has triggered attention from industry experts, who say the event hints at a trend in white-collar litigation that may be on the rise. The Office of the Inspector General’s…
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., conducted a study showing body-worn dispensers can increase hand hygiene compliance and reduce healthcare-associated infections.
Following treatment guidelines after a patient suffers from a heart attack could lead to increased patient survival, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Surgical disposables revenues for Haemonetics Corp. were down 5 percent in fiscal 2011, due to a declining number of surgical procedures, but overall revenues were up, the company said in a release.