A lack of enforcement of California's prescription drug monitoring database has prevented the system from curbing the state's growing prescription drug abuse problem, according to a New York Times report.
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A new pain management clinic will open April 16 at the Park Plaza Simi Valley Medical and Professional Center, according to the Ventura County Star.
Wisconsin must focus on granting greater authority to its advanced nurse practitioners and physician assistants, according to a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial written by four University of Wisconsin professors.
Thomas J. Pliura, MD, JD, PC, is a physician and attorney at law with the company he founded, zChart, an electronic medical records-related company based in LeRoy, Ill. The zChart, which was developed by healthcare professionals and used in surgery…
Healthcare job demand in Iowa is shifting increasingly from hospitals to the outpatient setting, according to a Des Moines Register report.
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Bruce Scott, MD, is an otolaryngologist and the medical director at SurgeCenter of Louisville (Ky.). He practices general otolaryngology and specializes in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Surgery centers are placing a greater emphasis on infection prevention as the healthcare industry turns an eye to quality measures and their future ties to reimbursement. Jean Day, RN, CNOR, director of clinical education for Pinnacle III, discusses five things…
St. Jude Medical is seeking a retraction of an article in the Heart Rhythm Journal that suggests its cardiac devices are prone to more deaths than a comparable Medtronic device. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the…
The Mississippi Health Department said patients tested negative for infections, such as HIV, after Rose Cancer Center in Summit shuttered due to substandard care, according to a New England Cable News report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
A minority of ICUs had policies supporting bladder ultrasound (26 percent), condom catheters (20 percent), catheter removal reminders (12 percent) or nurse-initiated catheter discontinuation (10 percent), according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Read the full…