The Joint Commission awarded Long Beach, Calif.-based Xcell Surgery Center accreditation.
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Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the office building housing Phoenix-based The Retinal Consultants of Arizona and Retinal Research Institute.
Hillsboro, Ohio-based Highland District Hospital is planning a 39,000-square-foot addition that will expand the hospital's inpatient and outpatient capabilities.
Attleboro (Mass.) Gastroenterology Associates added Tanvi Khurana, MD, to its staff, Wicked Local reports.
Two Gainesville-based University of Florida Health anesthesiologists suggested anesthesiologists may not be needed during routine colonoscopies.
The National Cancer Institute added Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso's screening program, Against Colorectal Cancer in Our Neighborhoods, into its Research-Tested Intervention Programs database.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government department that regulates the medical devices sector, announced its intention to use ISO 13485 as the basis for its quality system legislation.
Efficiency starts with performing supply logistics and distribution tasks according to a certainflow, said Molly Ehrlich, consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations for Vizient, a healthcare management consulting company.
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Steven Pletcher, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Columbus, Ind.-based Southeastern Indiana Gastroenterology.