Johnson & Johnson has set aside a reserve related to the federal investigation of its sales and marketing practices for Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug that is one of the healthcare giant’s largest sellers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The…
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Anesthesiologist on the Move: Dr. Lon J. Merin Joins New York's Orange Regional Medical Center Board
Anesthesiologist Lon J. Merin, MD, has joined the board of directors at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y., according to a Times Herald-Record report.
Florida's Sarasota County Commission is rethinking legislation to manage painkiller abuse, suggesting the recently passed state legislation may be sufficient, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
A Maine bill to manage painkiller prescriptions went before the legislature's Health and Human Services Committee on Monday, but faces opposition, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The Plastic and Cosmetic Center of South Texas has been SurgiCenter certified by The Joint Commission, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.
Wright Medical Group has launched the INBONE II Total Ankle Replacement System, an addition to its INBONE Ankle System, according to a release by the company.
Minimally invasive surgery procedures may reduce hospital-acquired infections, driving the MIS industry and reducing hospital costs, according to a report by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information. Forty percent of HAIs from hysterectomy, appendectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy occurred within 30…
A study by Robert E. Sedlack, MD, and colleagues suggests that gastroenterologists need more practice on colonoscopies than professional societies currently recommend, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.
Ashwani K. Chhibber, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and pediatrics at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, has been elected as president of the American Association of Clinical Directors for two years, according to a URMC news release.
University Health System in San Antonio increased its healthcare worker flu vaccination rates from 59 percent in 2009 to 77 percent in 2010, according to a Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America news release.