SPR Therapeutics is preparing to launch its pain relief device by the end of the year, pending final 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration, according to a Mass Device news report.
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VHA has launched a regional initiative — Target Zero — designed to eliminate preventable patient safety errors from member hospitals, according to a network news release.
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By first asking patients what information would help them better prepare for a colonoscopy, UCLA and Veterans Affairs researchers developed a user-friendly booklet to help patients ready themselves for the procedure, according to a UCLA news release.
The Nevada State Medical Board has reinstated the medical license, with stipulations, for Michael Kaplan, MD, an urologist from Henderson, who had his license suspended for reusing single-use endocavity needle guides during biopsy procedures, according to the stipulation and order…
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A physician with offices in Plymouth and Portsmouth, Ohio, has filed suit over the state’s decision to decertify him following an investigation for workers’ compensation fraud, according to a Mansfield News Journal report. James E. Lundeen Sr., MD, filed the…
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