A closer look at Medicare beneficiaries who underwent primary and revision total hip arthroplasty surgery between 1991 and 2008 shows a decrease in hospital length-of-stay but an increase in hospital readmission and discharge to postacute-care facilities, according to a study…
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Elderly patients without dementia may not be able to comprehend discharge instructions due to temporary memory loss after hospitalization, according to research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Research from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics showed a 2.3 percent increase in spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. last year, markedly lower than the 5.1 percent growth rate in 2009, according to a company news release.
Memorial Mission Surgery Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), according to a report from Chattanoogan.com.
The Franciscan Alliance, a multi-state Catholic health system based in, Mishawaka, Ind., has acquired the Surgical Hospital of Munster (Ind.) to serve as an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from the Munster Times.
CMS has instructed its contractors to implement new reasonable useful lifetime policy for stationary and portable oxygen equipment, effective May 8, according to an AAPC release.
Anesthesiologists must always wear face masks when material is injected into the epidural or spinal space, regardless of location, according to a post in Anesthesiology by J. Lance Lichtor, MD, professor of anesthesiology at The University of Massachusetts Medical School.
The prevalence of amnestic mild cognitive impairment in patients scheduled for total hip joint replacement is similar to that in the general community, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.
A relatively small number of endoscopes were not properly cleaned at an outpatient facility in Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, possibly exposing 222 patients who received endoscopies in an eight-month period, according to a report by the Times-Picayune.