Multiple pain clinics in Florida and Texas have been forced to shut down by law enforcement officials, according to several news report.
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Lindy Rachal, MD, a physician double board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, will be joining the medical staff at Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg, Texas, according to a Mason County News report.
Hospitals that participated in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network showed they were able to decrease healthcare-associated infection rates by 50 percent, thereby decreasing healthcare costs, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
As debate continues over the Food and Drug Administration's medical device approval process, experts say a greater Republican presence in Congress could mean a more pro-industry discussion, according to a MedCity News report.
Research results suggest linking the microbiological database with the hospital mortality database could serve as a tool for measuring and reducing the number of deaths caused by nosocomial infection, according to a study published in American Journal of Infection Control.
Everist Genomics has received the U.S. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment certification required for the company to launch its OncoDefender-CRC assay, a prognostic test for assessing the risk of cancer recurrence for patients with early stage colorectal cancer, according to a…
Researchers compared eight severity score indices for C. difficile cases and found the Hines VA CDI severity score index showed the strongest correlation for predicting severe cases of CDI, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The Joint Commission has announced it has released the first in a series of animated videos to encourage patients to become active participants in their healthcare to celebrate National Patient Safety Awareness Week.
In preparation for the industry-wide switch to a new medical coding system, Minneapolis facilities are calling for more coders to handle the demands of ICD-10, according to a Star Tribune report.
In a letter to the New York Times, David Farris, MD, expressed concern with describing anesthesia as a "drug-induced coma" to patients, even if the description is medically accurate.