An Australian professional society's attempt to ban repeat standard-dose proton pump inhibtors prescriptions for gastroesophageal reflux patients was scrapped after several physicians protested, Pharmacy News reports.
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Physicians reveal the top facilities for several surgeries, including spine procedures and total hip replacements, in Medscape's Physicians' Choice: Top Hospitals 2018 report.
Dallas-based Texas Scottish Rite Hospital will soon open its new campus in Frisco, Texas, the Dallas Business Journal reports.
The Physicians Foundation and Merritt Hawkins released the 2018 Survey of America's Physicians Practice, which offersinsight into the state of healthcare.
Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, D-N.Y., visited New York City-based East Side Endoscopy and Pain Management Center for National ASC Month.
One of the biggest problems in ASC supply chain management is the tendency to manage inventory based on fill capacity, according to Rheaply CEO and Co-Founder Garry Cooper, PhD.
Research from the National Academy of Medicine found "team-based" healthcare is linked to improved patient outcomes and clinician wellbeing.
Outpatient care made up a greater portion of rising healthcare spending over the past decade, according to a Health Care Cost Institute analysis, AJMC reports.
MDLinx pulled data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2017 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates to rank where physicians are paid the least.
Research published in The Journal of Arthroplasty found performing an Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment helps identify which patients are appropriate for outpatient total joint arthroplasty.