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American Regent is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of a single lot (#0152) of its Methyldopate HCL Injection, USP, according to an FDA release.
The following article is written by Daren Smith, RN, director of clinical services, for Surgical Management Professionals. Are you in charge of coming up with meaningful quality improvement studies for your facility? Has the idea well run dry? QI…
Sandy Berreth, RN, MS, CASC, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., and Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, discuss 10 ways their surgery centers improve efficiency.
Connecticut Rep. John Larson and state surgery center leaders spoke out in support of the recently introduced Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 in a report from The Connecticut Mirror.
Here are 10 statistics about gastroenterologist compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data and Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2011.
Drugmakers Sanofi and Regeneron said their experimental drug, Zaltrap, was more effective in slowing the progression of colorectal cancer than currently approved drugs, according to a report by Bloomberg Business Week.
A bill that passed the Senate and is now being debated in the House would hamper the ability of physicians and other small operations in obtaining patents for medical devices, according to Paul Ryan, CEO of Acacia Research, a Newport…
Derek Beresford Thorpe, MD, a diagnostic radiologist from Jacksonville, Fla., has been arrested for allegedly for illegally distributing painkillers in Savannah, Ga., according to a report by the Savannah Morning News.
Hundreds of members of National Nurses United, the country's largest nursing union, demonstrated outside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, promoting a campaign to prevent cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, according to a New York…