Study results suggest using color to differentiate drug strength can be effective in improving medication safety, according to a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety.
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Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine found colorectal cancer cells trigger a set of genes similar to those found in intestinal stem cells, according to an institute news release.
Despite recent studies suggesting colorectal polyp detection declines as the workday progresses, researchers found premalignant polyp, adenomatous polyp and hyperplastic polyp detection rates could remain stable throughout the day under certain work conditions, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal…
Proposed legislation from Washington seeks to give more rights and a voice to patients and families who claim they were negatively affected by a clinician's medical error, according to a Seattle Times news report.
Surgical Care Affiliates has sold Wayland Square Surgicare in Providence, R.I., to Rhode Island Hospital and will continue management of the ambulatory surgery center, according to sources from both organizations.
South Shore Hospital, based in Weymouth, Mass., is reimbursing Medicare for about $341,000 from 249 billing or coding errors in 2008 and 2009, according to a Patriot Ledger report.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with St. John Companies, manufacturer and distributor of labels, patient identification, medical imaging and medical records products to U.S. hospital and alternate site markets, for diagnostic…
Ronald A. McFarland, president of Verimed Services and Medical Alliance Partners in State College, Pa., has admitted to embezzling $2.46 million in health insurance reimbursements from two cancer treatment centers, according to a Centre Daily Times report.
A former pharmacist from Brighton, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny and unauthorized practice after she dispensed medication under the state’s Medicaid program with a suspended license, according to a Democrat and Chronicle report. Elizabeth L. Johnson’s license…
Zhou-Feng Chen, PhD, professor of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will serve as director of the school's new Center for the Study of the Itch, according to a university release.