Pain management can be a profitable addition to a surgery center. However, due to the nature of the specialty, balance is essential to the success of pain management. Mike Heifferon, Ph.D, MBA, chief operating officer, and Marie Masztak, RN, BEd,…
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With health reform, President Obama had a great opportunity to correct some rampant flaws in the healthcare system. But for several reasons, which I'll itemize, the reform process has become its own worst enemy. The election in Massachusetts is the…
As the health reform bill, with its ban on physician-owned hospitals, flounders in Congress, officials at the Physician Hospitals of America are cautiously optimistic that the ban may not take place.
In a Dec. 2009 online survey, 51.9 percent of members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology cited anti-vascular endothelial growth factors for "wet" age-related macular degeneration as the most significant advancement in treatment over the past decade, according to an…
The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would allow parents of adult children to sue medical providers for pain and suffering if their children died as a result of medical negligence, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
A survey of more than 1,500 opinion leaders from the healthcare industry, academia and government found that an overwhelming majority of the leaders believe nurses should have more influence in health reform.
1. Closely follow your market. Keep your ear to the ground. Know when competitors are attempting to get exclusive contracts with payors, says William G. Southwick, president and CEO of HealthMark Partners in Nashville. And know what physicians might be…
The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing has elected Linda Brixey, RN, as its national president-elect for 2010-2011, according to an AAACN news release.
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