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At Johnson & Johnson's annual meeting, shareholders voted down a proposal to end use of animals to train surgeons for the company's high-tech surgical tools, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Several patients have become sick after being admitted to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., which was tested positive by authorities from the Centers for Disease Control for legionella bacteria, according to a local KHQ news report.
An iPhone app could help significantly improve hand hygiene adherence among healthcare workers, according to research results presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology annual meeting.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking comment on seven proposed medication-related quality measures, according to an American Hospital Association news release.
The Commission to End Health Care Disparities urges ambulatory practices to collect demographic data to improve quality of care, according to a white paper by the Commission.
Laureen L. Hill, MD, MBA, will become chair of anesthesiology at Emory's School of Medicine and chief of anesthesiology services at Atlanta's Emory Healthcare, effective Aug. 1, according to an Emory news release.
Physician Hospitals of America has named John Richardson, former director of Government Relations Healthcare Practice Group for SmithBucklin, executive director, according to a news release.
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Jacinta Gillis, MD, an internist who operated medical clinics in Lee and Pinellas counties in Florida, has been arrested and charged with allegedly running pill mills and illegally distributing pain prescriptions, according to a local NBC news report.