The American Hospital Association has expressed its support of proposed legislation that would require the FDA to issue a unique device identifier rule by the end of 2012, according to an AHA News Now report. Read the full report in…
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ABIM Foundation announced nine physician specialty groups have each identified five specific tests or procedures that they say are commonly used but not always necessary in their respective fields. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on healthcare utilization.
Microtest Laboratories has issued a management brief that discusses the FDA’s proposed changes to 21 CFR 610, which currently requires the use of a culture-based method in evaluating sterility for biological products. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
Twenty-seven Alabama hospitals have partnered with Alabama Power and Proventix Systems for a hand hygiene initiative, which aims to help reduce healthcare-associated infections and healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the…
Daniel Tomes, MD, specializes in brain, spine and peripheral nerve surgery at Neurological and Spinal Surgery in Lincoln, Neb.
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RadNet, a national provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging, has announced it will acquire West Coast Radiology, which includes five multi-modality imaging centers in Orange County, Calif., according to a news release.
Government-sponsored and privately-operatedWhile broad-sweeping reform was unlikely, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act did make two incremental changes that will tip the scales of the U.S. healthcare system to be predominantly funded by the government. These changes include (1)…
Three leaders at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., wrote a column in The Post-Standard after a recent article detailed a surgical fire event that occurred at the hospital two years ago. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on…
Five pain management physicians discuss promising new developments in pain therapy, including devices, procedures and medications.
Kimberly-Clark Health Care announced the availability of the new KIMGUARD One-Step Quick Check Sterilization Wrap at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses 59th Annual Congress.