Consumers, researchers and regulators can now access the new website FightGermsNow for fact-based, meaningful information on antibacterial soaps and ingredients, according to an association news release.
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CMS officials have found several patient safety failures at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, according to a Houston Chronicle news report.
The Save Lives: Clean Your Hands global annual campaign, launched for the first time in 2009 by the World Health Organization, is launched every year on May 5 with a focus on "bringing people together to improve and sustain hand…
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of FUSILEV (levoleucovorin) in combination with 5-fluorouracil in the palliative treatment of patients with advanced metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a company news release.
Here are 10 statistics about management fees charged to ambulatory surgery centers by management companies, according to data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey. The survey was completed by 17 ASC companies representing more than 500 surgery centers throughout…
Plastic surgery procedures for men grew by 2 percent in 2010, led primarily by a surge in baby boomers undergoing cosmetic surgery, according to a Miami Herald report.
CMS announced April 25 that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that MRI improves health outcomes for Medicare patients with implanted permanent pacemakers, according to an AAPC release.
Cook County Health & Hospitals System is struggling to fill patient billing positions, perhaps due to the system's "perceived instability" and the positions' low pay, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
Minimally invasive thyroid surgery is effective in pediatric patients, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology.
Military medical leaders broke ground on Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center on April 20 at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, according to a My San Antonio report.