An assessment of 270 studies by the National Health Service in the U.K. found opioids are not effective for treating sciatica, even though they are widely used, according to a Pulse report.
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The Joint Commission has announced the appointment of George Mills as director of its newly formed department of engineering, according to a Joint Commission news release.
The drug market for key hospital-associated infections will increase from $3.3 billion in 2010 to just over $4 billion in 2020 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan, according to a Decision Resources news…
GHN-Online, a revenue cycle management and clearinghouse solution provider, has announced the release of a data benchmarking service intended to help outpatient facilities in establishing usual and customary rates, according to a GHN-Online news release.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced the launch of Amerinet Connect, a new website that will allow Amerinet employees, member facilities and their employees to access and order products at Amerinet contract pricing, according to an Amerinet…
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Sony Electronics has announced it will debut its new direct thermal printable disc drive at the upcoming Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, according to a news release from Sony.
Surgery center development in Fort Meyers, Fla., may signal a national trend, as the number of outpatient surgeries increases to 57 million nationwide in 2011, according to an NBC-2 report.
Darryl Rich, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, a surveyor for The Joint Commission, outlined seven of the top noncompliance issues in medication management in a recent webinar hosted by Pharmacy OneSource. The webinar, "TJC Hospital Pharmacy Update 2012," focused on common blunders…
Surgical patients with a body mass index below 23.1 have a significantly higher risk of death than those with BMIs of 26.3-29.6, according to a study published in the Archives of Surgery and reported in MedPage Today.
Here are 10 recent findings from studies and report on ophthalmology.