The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has announced its membership has elected the AORN Board of Directors for 2011-2012, according to a news release.
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The federal government has threatened to strip University of Chicago Medical Center of its Medicare funding following reports of a medical error contributing to the death of a patient, according to a Chicago Tribune report. The Chicago Tribune has confirmed…
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Arthur Watanabe, MD, a pain specialist in Spokane, Wash., said his patient volume has diminished by 50 percent, according to an Inlander news report.
In a statement on the current debate over the U.S. budget and deficit, Health Industry Group Purchasing Association President Curtis Rooney points to the billions of dollars in cost-savings that group purchasing organizations deliver to American hospitals, Medicare and taxpayers.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has announced its new board officers for 2011-2012, according to a news release.
Bariatric surgery is associated with significant bone loss in adolescents, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Proton-pump inhibitors do not effectively treat gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Twenty-eight healthcare systems in six New England states have joined to form the Northeast Purchasing Coalition, an organization that aims to lower costs by aggregating purchasing volume on contracts and decreasing product utilization, according to a VHA news release.
A combination of several infection prevention strategies called a "MRSA bundle" decreased healthcare-associated MRSA infections in ICUs by 62 percent in Veterans Affairs hospitals, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.