Safety monitory Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group reported Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas is making progress toward improving quality and patient safety, according to a Dallas News report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Parkland Memorial…
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Crothall Healthcare has issued a white paper that includes an overview of the role of environmental hygiene in a hospital’s infection prevention and control program. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on infection control.
The U.S. outpatient surgery center industry includes about 3,500 companies that operate about 5,000 centers and have combined annual revenue of $18 billion, according to a report titled "Outpatient Surgical Centers" from Research and Markets.
Hospitals and medical groups are increasingly relying on what the industry calls "locum tenens" physicians, or providers who fill in on a temporary basis, according to a Forbes report.
John Hammergren is chairman, president and CEO of McKesson Medical-Surgical, a provider of technology and distribution solutions for the healthcare industry. The company is the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America, responsible for distributing one-third of the medicines used every…
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Medical device recalls increased 161 percent in the first quarter of 2012 over the previous quarter, according to the first quarterly ExpertRECALL Index (pdf) of 2012.
Cardinal Health has acquired Dik Drug Co., according to a MedCity News report.
AmkaiSolutions, which provides electronic solutions to ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and surgical practices, has announced it will provide software solutions to Summit Surgical Center in Vorhees, N.J.
AmkaiSolutions, which provides electronic solutions to ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and surgical practices, launched a new web-based portal that provides ASC physicians and their practices with remote access to key surgery center data at the ASC Association's 2012 conference…
Edward Glinski, DO, is the medical director of the Heritage Eye Surgicenter in Oklahoma City and is a specialist in refractive and cataract surgery.