Former president of Hopkinton, Mass.-based Stryker Biotech, Mark Philip, has been cleared of all charges related to alleged fraud, according to a statement from law firm Edwards Wildman.
Uncategorized
The U.S. Patent Office granted OrthoSensor patents for its intelligent orthopedic surgical platform related to ultrasonic alignment and post-operative pain inhibition, according to a news release.
The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers expressed frustration at pharmacies and pharmacists that have stopped filling prescriptions for prescription painkillers in what the organization calls an adoption of "draconian standards," according to a news release.
Low-income and minority patients are less likely to receive guideline-recommended pain treatment in all healthcare settings, according to a paper from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
The National Business Group on Health has issued a position statement, in which it strong recommends that U.S. healthcare facilities require all employees be vaccinated annually for influenza.
Advertisement
Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., has cut its total hospital-acquired infection rate by more than half in three years due to several infection prevention measures, including increased infection control staff.
The Oregon Association of Hospital and Health Systems has expressed its opposition to a bill that would require healthcare employers to educate employees about influenza vaccination and offer the option to decline vaccination, according to the Lund Report.
The sixth World Congress of the World Institute of Pain, which brings together pain specialists from around the world, begins tomorrow in Miami. Ira Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP, ABIPP, founder, Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and chairman…
Sound management is essential in a surgery center because profitability depends so much on employee efficiency and productivity. John Merski Jr., Managing Partner and Executive Director of Human Resources for MedHQ, discusses five management challenges that negatively impact employee satisfaction…
CTQ Solutions, a provider of healthcare satisfaction and benchmarking services, has announced "record growth" in 2011, according to a CTQ Solutions news release.