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The Florida Nurses Association is preparing for the convention of the Florida Legislature in March as it looks to pass legislation that would allow nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances using a protocol arrangement through a supervising physician, according to…
The Superior Court of Massachusetts has issued rulings in an outstanding litigation between a St. Jude Medical subsidiary and Volcano Corporation, according to a Bradenton report.
A new tax on device manufacturers through healthcare reform could increase outsourcing of medical devices, according to a report by Kalorama Information.
The Virginia Board of Medicine and the Virginia Society of Plastic Surgeons are expected to work together to prevent inadequately trained providers from performing outpatient surgery, according to a VASPS release.
A new study from Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia warns that patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of heart attacks, according to a SIFY News report.
The following article was written by Joseph Keane, director of ASC/GI sales for STERIS Corp. As we all know, ambulatory surgery centers operate differently from acute-care facilities. For example, they have limited resources compared to the typically larger acute-care…
Researchers conducted a study to assess healthcare professionals' and environment's influence on the nosocomial transmission of MRSA, according to an article published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine analyze whether medical school curriculum can change medical students' attitudes towards patient safety, according to an article published in BMJ Quality & Safety.
Although medical literature has shown computerized tomographic colonography and optical colonoscopy are both effective at detecting advanced adenomas, recent research indicates optical colonoscopy programs are significantly more effective at detecting non-advanced adenomas, according to an article published in American Journal…