On a monthly basis, one of 17 physicians at Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., is chosen to peer review 30 medical charts for accuracy and completeness. The only caveat is that the reviewing physician cannot…
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The ambulatory healthcare industry gained more than 13,000 employees in Oct. 2010, an increase of 13 percent from the month prior, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
The Endocrine Society has announced the release of a new clinical practice guideline for post-operative bariatric surgery patients addressing nutritional and endocrine management.
A West Des Moines, Iowa urologist has been fined $5,000 by the Iowa Board of Medicine and is not permitted to practice general surgery after being accused of poor record-keeping and doing "overly aggressive" operations, according to a Des Moines…
A study published in the AORN Journal assessed methods of preventing transmissible infections in the perioperative setting, according to the study's abstract.
The Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will award $34 million for projects focused on preventing healthcare-associated infections, according to an AHRQ news release.
In a study published in Gastroenterology, researchers sought to determine the association between the presence of serrated colorectal polyps and colorectal neoplasia, based on evidence that serrated polyps have different malignant potential than traditional adenomas, according to the study's abstract.
Real estate investment trust Cogdell Spencer acquired St. Francis Outpatient Center in Greenville, S.C. in July, according to a news release on the company's third quarter 2010 financial results.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. 1. When a sentinel node biopsy (CPT 38500) is performed during the same operative session as, for example, axillary node…