Melodie Garrobo, CASC, administrator of Golden Ridge Surgery Center in Golden, Colo., discusses six ways surgery center administrators can lead their physicians, staff members and anesthesia providers in decreasing turnover times.
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Pediatrician Ghulam Mustafa, MD, who practiced in Albion and Medina, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to defrauding the state’s no-cost vaccine program by selling vaccines he had received for free, according to a Buffalo News report. Dr. Mustafa, who is employed…
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending ambulatory surgery centers receive a 0.5 percent increase and physicians a 1 percent increase in their 2012 Medicare payment rates.
The National Patient Safety Foundation sponsored its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week this year from March 6-12. The week is designed to raise awareness among physicians and patients of safety hazards and safety guards, and this year NPSF focused specifically…
There are critical gaps between older Americans who receive potentially lifesaving preventive services and those who do not, according to a new report from agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Scott Hallgren, DO, board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, will be opening Northwest Gastroenterology Specialists at the Avista Adventist Hospital's Louisville campus next month, according to Boulder County Business Report.
An appeals court has overturned a circuit court judge's decision to discontinue a negligence lawsuit filed by a patient who allegedly acquired a MRSA infection during a hospital stay at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla., according to a…
A meta-analysis of nine previous studies found that quitting smoking shortly before surgery was not associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications, according to a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine.
U.S. Pharmacopeia, with the help of a group of independent experts, is aiming to make the labels on drugs more standardized and easier to understand for patients, according to an LA Times news report.
Family members of Geraldine Oswald, who died of internal hemorrhaging after a fatal medication error, are filing a lawsuit against Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a Boston Globe news report.