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The latest issue of The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Advisor includes an article providing guidance for surgery centers to meet the requirements for the use of multi-dose vials.
Thomas Schares, MD, MBA, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia who serves as chief of anesthesiology for Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., discusses the phenomenon known as "normalization of deviance" and how it is impacting healthcare and the…
Wheeling, Ill.-based Suburban Surgical Company has been offering stainless steel surgical equipment, including carts, tables, cabinets, stands, stools and sinks, for more than 65 years.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced the hiring of Brian Straeb as its executive vice president of sales.
The healthcare reform law will add $350 million over the next 10 years to a federal crackdown on healthcare fraud that has netted $4 billion in Massachusetts alone in 2009-2010, according to an HHS release.
Elderly patients given a short-acting opioid analgesic for treatment of arthritis pain are twice as likely to experience a fracture in the next year, compared to elderly patients given a long-acting opioid or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, according to a study…
Incorporating spine procedures into orthopedic-driven or multi-specialty ASCs can be a lucrative venture but is also a hard feat to accomplish, given the traditionally held perception that sensitive and intensive spine procedures should only be performed in the hospital setting.…
The role of ParkCreek Surgery Center as the official outpatient surgery center of the Florida Panthers hockey team has helped the ASC attract new business and physicians, according to Saul Epstein, co-administrator of the Coconut Creek, Fla., ASC.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Oklahoma City-based Digestive Disease Specialists has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.