Despite the fiscal challenges facing the federal government, in a letter written to Congress, eight GI societies urged lawmakers to fund the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Colorectal Cancer Control Program at its current level of $45 million for…
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Eldor Brish, MD, a pain management specialist and anesthesiologist, has joined the medical staff at East Texas Medical Center Jacksonville (Texas), according to a news report from The Cherokeean.
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Marshall Baker of Physician Advisory Services discusses five changes affecting physician practice.
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Rick Scott's skills building Columbia/HCA into a healthcare juggernaut in the 1990s will be put to good use in his new job as the new Republican governor of Florida, says a good friend who has known him for 36 years.
Sono Bello facilities in Austin and San Antonio, Texas, as well as Atlanta, have achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a company news release.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and Vermont Oxford Network have collaborated on a table of standard concentrations of neonatal drug infusions.