Jim Stilley is the CEO of Northwest Michigan Surgery Center, a multispecialty surgery center in Traverse City, Mich. For nearly eight years, Mr. Stilley has led a team of more than 120 physicians and 130 clinical and administrative professionals. The…
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Standardizing and streamlining implants can help a surgery center realize significant cost savings, but convincing physicians to cooperate with the initiative can be a challenge. Lori Pilla, vice president of Amerinet Clinical Advantage and Supply Chain Optimization, discusses eight tactics…
The American Society for Quality offers a free, downloadable employee instruction worksheet, designed to help organizations standardize processes in a more detailed way.
In a recent CDC Safe Healthcare blog, Jeannie P. Cimiotti, executive director of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing and associate professor at Rutgers University College of Nursing, discussed a recent study linking nurse burnout with higher rates of…
Bristol-Myers Squibb announced it has suspended clinical trials of a drug in development for the treatment of hepatitis C.
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Pain management specialist Jack Berndt, MD, has joined Pinnacle Pain Center in Kennewick, Wash., according to a Bend Bulletin report.
St. Jude Medical is recalling some of its Eon and Eon Mini pain management implants due to battery and charging issues, according to a Mass Device report.
CMS issued a rule yesterday that will update Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient stays in acute-care hospitals under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System and hospitals paid under the Long-Term Care Hospitals Prospective Payment System in fiscal year 2013.
David Lee Scher, MD, discusses why health and medical apps should be certified in a KevinMD editorial.
A HealthLeaders Media report discusses three ways to address nursing underperformance.