Researchers from the University of Iowa have developed a hand-hygiene tracking method, enabled by credit card-sized devices called motes, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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A psychiatrist from Nampa, Idaho, has been accused of filing more than $30,000 in false claims to Medicaid, according to a KIVITV news report.
A Hollywood, Fla., ophthalmologist has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy, filing false tax returns and lying to federal law enforcement agents, according to a Miami Herald news report.
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Anesthesiologists have a responsibility to improve the peri-operative period and increase the volume of anesthesiology research, according to an editorial published in Anesthesiology and written by James C. Eisenach, MD, of the department of anesthesiology and physiology and pharmacology at…
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Hospitals and health systems nationwide continue to lay out plans for and develop new surgery centers. Here are 10 new hospital and health system surgery center projects recently in the news.
Tri-Cities Surgery Center in Geneva, Ill., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a report from the Beacon News.