South Carolina Hospital Association is hosting its Fourth Annual Patient Safety Symposium March 16 in Columbia, S.C., according to a news release.
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The American Academy for Physician Assistants has posted a list of procedure codes that Medicare will not reimburse physician assistants for in 2011.
Franciscan Alliance, based in Mishawaka, Ind., has formed an accountable care organization, according to a blog entry by Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, citing a news release from the health system published by The Indianapolis Star.
Lee Chester, a healthcare architect and vice president of L3 Healthcare Design in Altamonte Springs, Fla., lists 10 cardinal sins in ambulatory surgery center design.
Outpatient spine surgery is predicted to grow 300 percent between 2005 and 2015, according to Chris Bishop, partner and senior vice president of acquisitions for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. This growth is driven in large part due to improvement…
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Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it is hosting a complimentary educational webinar on new medical technology.
Amy McKiernan, administrator of Louisville (Ky.) Surgery Center, who runs a multi-specialty ASC with two ORs and seven pre-op/recovery bays, discusses tactics to overcome space constraints in a small ASC.
Aging But Dangerous, an online company targeting women, is hosting a colonoscopy sleepover party, directed at driving up rates of colorectal cancer screening among women, according to a company news release.
Research findings suggest healthcare workers fail to report blood and body fluid exposure incidents because they think most exposures are not significant, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.