Wolters Kluwer Health has announced The Medical Center of Plano (Texas) has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
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Here are seven statistics on ambulatory surgery center outcomes from the ASC Association's Outcomes Monitoring Project 4th Quarter 2010 Report, which saw ASCs in 46 states participating in the survey.
Obese patients were shown to be twice as likely to develop serious airway problems during a general anesthetic compared to non-obese patients, according to a Royal College of Anaesthetists news release.
Improving supply chain processes can benefit ambulatory surgery centers through direct cost savings as well as indirect savings by creating greater efficiencies. Richard Peters, senior director of product management for Provista, a supply chain improvement company, describes four ASC qualities…
Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists is set to open a new surgery center in Bradford, Conn., according to a Connecticut Business Address report.
The following ten physicians were either accused or convicted of fraud within the past two months, beginning with the most recent. 1. Retired Chief of Surgery Sentenced to 2 Years Imprisonment For Florida Medicare Fraud SchemeA retired chief of surgery…
Some healthcare suppliers are faring well after CMS implemented a new competitive bidding program aimed at cutting healthcare costs, according to a Leader Times news report.
As the healthcare industry awaits regulations on accountable care organizations, study findings suggest ACOs may be able to achieve desired healthcare outcomes and savings without a hospital partner, according to research published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management.
Infection rates published by the Washington State Hospital Association suggest some hospitals, such as Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., continue to struggle with infection prevention, according to a Kitsap Sun news report.
Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center discovered an enzyme that could help physicians detect colorectal cancer earlier, according to an Aurora Sentinel news report.