A Johns Hopkins study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that the genetically engineered drug etanercept falls short in effectiveness compared to the current standard of care for steroid injections.
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The American Board of Internal Medicine's proposal to convert the Maintenance of Certification to the Maintenance of Licensure would be unnecessarily burdensome for physicians, according to an editorial by Alieta Eck, MD, of Piscataway, N.J.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom offers free guidance on infection control, which has recently been updated since its last release in 2003.
Duke University sophomore had ACL surgery at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center on April 12 after suffering an injury during spring practice with the women's soccer team, according to a Go Duke report.
Michael A. Goldfarb, MD, FACS, medical director of Monmouth Medical Center's Cranmer Ambulatory Surgery Center, was recently named president-elect of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, according to a report by The Hub.
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MMRGlobal has announced it will continue installing MMRPro systems at ambulatory surgery centers managed by Regent Surgical Health, a leading surgery center management and development company.
Stephen Hochschuler, MD, founded Texas Back Institute in Plano in 1977 with Ralph Rashbaum, MD, and Richard Guyer, MD. During that time, consensus seemed to believe that the physician's role was to focus on taking care of patients and not…
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers outlines the various ways social media is changing the interaction between healthcare providers and consumers.
Todd Beyer, DO, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and oculofacial-plastic surgeon at Novus Clinic in Tallmadge, Ohio, where he serves as president. Dr. Beyer specializes in LASIK and refractive surgery, oculofacial-plastic surgery and advanced cataract/lens implant surgery. He and therapeutically licensed…
In 2009, Fargo, N.D.-based MeritCare merged with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health to create an integrated health system that now includes more than 34 hospitals, 116 clinics, 30 long-term care facilities and 1,000 physicians. The system — the largest rural…