Although the Surgical Care Improvement Program includes measures aimed at the prevention of surgical site infections, complying with those measures may not necessarily improve outcomes, according to research presented at the annual American Surgical Association meeting and reported in Internal…
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Nine California hospitals experienced a 40 percent decline in mortality stemming from sepsis, the leading cause of preventable death in hospitals, according to a San Francisco Chronicle news report.
Children's Hospital in Denver will be implementing a bar-code system this fall to help improve medication safety among its patients, according to a Denver Post news report.
A new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy will give physicians and other prescribers the tools to reduce the risk of prescription drug abuse while maintaining timely access to pain management care, according to a report by the U.S. News &…
CMS has published a three-page chart providing coding guidance for Medicare preventive services.
The Arizona Supreme Court will not review a petition from two Arizona ambulatory surgery centers which claim the state's leading workers' compensation insurer broke the law by using an outside vendor to determine what the ASCs should receive for workers'…
Here are 10 lawsuits or investigations involving physicians, beginning with the most recent. 1. Miami HIV Clinic Physician Convicted for $23M Medicare SchemeMiami-area physician Rene De Los Rios, MD, has been convicted for his role in a $23 million HIV…
Here are 10 recently announced joint ventures which include surgery centers.
AmSurg Corp. has reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, with revenues up but profits declining, according to a company news release and news reports.
Carestream Health plans to raise the price for medical and other X-ray film stock by up to 50 percent worldwide, due to price increases for the commodities it uses to make the film, according to a release by Carestream Health.