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A new study reveals that a small percentage of healthcare professionals are reusing syringes and single-dose/single-use vials, according Premier healthcare alliance, which authored the peer-reviewed study.
Jon Dickinson, MD, board chairman of Presidio Surgery Center in San Francisco, has been named the new team orthopedist for the Oakland Athletics after a lawsuit separated the club from its former team physician, according to an Oakland A's news…
Here is a list of 30 orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons that recently began practicing at new locations.
Following the Senate, the House passed a one-month Medicare physicians fee-fix, averting a 23 percent fee-cut two days before it was due to kick in, according to the Hill.
In a letter sent to Sens. John Thune and Mark Begich, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and 29 other organizations announced their support of the senators' proposal to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act regarding the applicability of identity theft…
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As ASCs look for new opportunities to reduce costs, more facilities are purchasing reprocessed devices as one way to achieve savings on supplies. Before engaging the services of a third-party reprocessor, the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors suggests facilities answer…
Anesthesia, like many other specialties, is likely to undergo significant changes as the effects of health reform become clearer. Industry experts discuss five ways anesthesia provision will change over the next several years.
Industry experts identify critical best practices for turning around an ASC in poor financial health.