The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Healthcare Quality has created a Twitter handle for its Healthcare-Associated Infection Initiative.
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Spine Pain Management, a medical management and finance company, opened its sixth regional diagnostic center in Sarasota, Fla., according to a news release in the Sacramento Bee.
National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) 2011 began on Sunday and runs through Dec. 10.
Kimberly-Clark, as part of its healthcare-associated infections website, provides a free, downloadable guide to influence prevention flyer.
Todd Logan, MBA, is regional vice president of sales for SourceMedical. Q: Are ambulatory surgery centers eligible for the government monies that the hospitals and physicians are receiving for instituting electronic health records? Todd Logan: ASCs are not…
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Danny Hutson is director of sterility assurance/biocompatibility for CareFusion. Q: What are the most critical changes AAMI has recently made to its recommendations and requirements for surgical instrument processing? Danny Hutson: From CareFusion's perspective, the applicable current AAMI-related…
The following article is written by Brian Williamson, PharmD, is president & CEO of JCB Laboratories. 1. Manufacturing integrity - Do they comply with the requirements of USP 797?
The owners of Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Ambulance Service are facing more than 40 combined counts of healthcare fraud after an investigation found the company filed improper claims that resulted in the collection of at least $587,000 in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements,…
A study found thyroid eye disease sufferers who were also smokers were more likely to need strabismus surgery, used to correct misalignment of the eyes, according to findings published in Ophthalmology.
Cardinal Health, Mercy and BD topped Gartner's 2011 ranking of supply chain companies, which "identifies organizations using their supply chains to improve the patient care experience," according to a Gartner news release.