Gastroenterology specialists Maria Livshin, MD, and Elisa Valente, MD, have joined the medical staff at Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance, according to a hospital news release.
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Data from the Virginia Department of Health showed central line-associated bloodstream infections at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va., have decreased dramatically over the past three years, according to a hospital news release.
As hospitals and physicians are held more accountable for healthcare quality, more attention must be paid to the accuracy and reliability of measures used to evaluate caregivers, says Peter J. Pronovost, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine…
Foundation HealthCare Affiliates, an ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital management and development company, is set to be acquired by SunLink Health Systems, operator of community hospitals and related nursing home and home care businesses in the Southeast and Midwest,…
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Editor's Note: This article by Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, originally appeared in The Coding Advocate, mdStrategies free…
Stephen Rosenbaum is CEO of Interventional Management Services, an ambulatory surgery center management and development company. Q: Why would an ASC management and development company prefer either a majority stake or minority stake in an ASC? Stephen Rosenbaum:…
Here is a chart which identifies different types of equipment and indicates the level of disinfection or sterilization needed. [1,2] Editor's note: The following chart was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from APIC.
The following article is written by Ann O'Neill, director of clinical operations, Regent Surgical Health. Ambulatory Surgery Centers will be required to implement Electronic Health Record systems (EHR) within the next few years. Participation in Medicare/Medicaid will depend on…
Rose Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, CRCST, CSPDT, is the president/CEO of Seavey Healthcare Consulting. Q: Why is sterilization such a hot and challenging topic for ambulatory surgery centers? Rose Seavey: Sterilization is definitely under the spotlight, and the [news]…
Data suggests fentanyl used during laser therapy for retinopathy of prematurity is a safe and effective alternative to anesthesia, according to a poster presentation at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting.