Patients from Europe, Africa and across the U.S. have traveled to Rutherford (N.J.) Allied Medical Group in the past year for a form of chronic pain treatment that only seven physicians in the country are certified to perform, according to…
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Two bills recently proposed in the Missouri Legislature would give advanced practice nurses more independence by loosening physician supervision, according to an STL Today report.
A higher turnover rate among physician assistants and nurses is projected for the upcoming year and may be further complicated by a physician shortage, according to a survey reported in Healthcare Finance News.
The Ohio Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety has launched an initiative through which participating hospitals will work together to reduce serious harm and readmissions. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Ohio Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for…
Medline has awarded 10 healthcare organizations with grants that will be used to research evidence-based solutions and interventions for preventable harm, including pressure ulcers, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and others. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
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Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minn., has been chosen to participate in an initiative designed to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections and surgical site infections, according to a West Central Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
A new position paper from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Infectious Diseases Society of America and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society outlines measures necessary to improve the use and ensure the impact of antibiotics on emerging healthcare-associated infections. Read…
Accelitech and Regent Surgical Health have partnered to bring the CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery System to Ireland, according to a Sys-Con Media report.
Electronic medical records sales reached nearly $18 billion in 2011, according to news release on a new report from Kalorama Information on the EMR market.
GE Healthcare has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Xcellerex, a supplier of manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry, according to a news release (pdf).