The Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission has charged two unnamed nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital with unprofessional conduct and violations of nursing standards in separate cases of medical errors, according to a Seattle Times news report.
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Researchers from Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, have found adults, regardless of age, who are insured by Medicare, Medicaid or both are at much higher risk of being hospitalized with sepsis compared to those who have private…
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced David N. Gans, MHSA, FACMPE, and Martin L. Gonzalez, MS, have been named to the AAAHC Institute's board of trustees.
Here are seven questions about the services provided by surgery center management and development companies, according to data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey. Editor's note: The most common responses are bolded.
Chicago (May 24, 2011) — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announces a complimentary educational webinar for ambulatory surgery center leadership — "Valuation Issues Impacting ASCs" — on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, from 1:15 CDT-2:15 CDT.
Chicago — Matthew D. Saltzman, MD, an assistant professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery who specializes in shoulder and elbow surgery, will present on "Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections:…
Here are 11 pain management physicians who accepted new positions in 2011.
Ninety-three percent of healthcare payors have chosen an approach for their ICD-10 migration efforts, up from 75 percent in the third quarter of 2009, according to survey results from The TriZetto Group.
Monitored anesthesia care — alone or following peripheral nerve block — accounts for a relatively high percentage of ambulatory anesthetics nationwide, according to a study published in the May 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Lap-Band weight-loss device manufacturer Allergan has asked the FDA to approve Lap-Band surgeries for adolescents as young as 14, according to an LA Times report.