As use of oxycodone mushrooms, local governments are looking for ways to control clinics that dole out the highly addictive pain drug, according to a report by the Christian Science Monitor.
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ReGen Biologics has sued the FDA over the agency's decision to rescind its previous approval of the company's Menaflex knee repair device, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. Army is giving AcelRx a $5.6 million grant to support development of a non-invasive, fast-onset sublingual opiod to treat of moderate to severe acute pain, according to a release from AcelRx.
A Hartford, Conn., physician has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle government allegations that he billed Medicaid for services never rendered, according to a Hartford Courant report. From 2004-2009, Mark W. Izard, MD, allegedly submitted claims for the treatment…
Prakash Patel, MD, is CEO of Access MediQuip, a national provider of surgical implant management solutions. He was named Access MediQuip's chief operating and chief clinical officer in early 2011, and was named CEO shortly thereafter.
Stephen Rosenbaum is CEO of Interventional Management Services, a physician-owned ambulatory surgery center management and development company which currently has six ASC partners. Mr. Rosenbaum joined Interventional Spine and Pain Management Center in Aug. 2008 and created Interventional Management Services…
Patients in EDs who have recently been hospitalized are at much higher risk of being admitted compared to patients who have not recently been in the hospital, according to research led by a Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania physicians.
Spring 2011 has been marked with numerous studies on the effects of anesthesia in children. Here are 10 recent findings about the effects of anesthesia on pediatric patients, according to studies from various journals.
Possible risk factors for adverse drug events include the number of medications prescribed to a patient and the patient's age, according to research published in Health Services Research.
Infection control legislation in California, passed in 2006 and 2008 by lawmakers, have not yet led to real improvements, and some of the infection control regulations have not yet even materialized, according to a Sacramento Bee news report.