At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 27, Phenelle Segal, RN, CIC, president of Infection Control Consulting Services, shared some infection control best practices and common mistakes in infection control in ASCs.
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At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, a partner with McGuireWoods in the firm's Chicago office, and Lainey Gilmer, an associate in McGuireWoods' Charlotte office, discussed five key issues currently…
When it comes to managing ambulatory surgery centers, the two areas that require the most management are expenses and the ASC's physicians. Nap Gary, COO of Regent Surgical Health, moderated a discussion with Al McNair, MD, and Steven Schuleman, MD,…
A new study from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston suggests patients who suffered in-hospital falls did not move around any more than patients who did not fall.
A University of Wisconsin study found daily walking reduces the risk of age-related macular degeneration eye disease, according to a news release.
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This past summer, the anesthesiology department at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine allocated money usually given to its residents to purchase textbooks to purchase iPads, an Anesthesiology News report said.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., has submitted a corrective action plan to remedy deficiencies found by federal regulators earlier this year, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
President Obama is expected to sign an executive order today instructing the FDA to act on increasing drug shortages, a USA Today report said.
Pacira's pain drug Exparel, which uses bupivacaine, a local analgesic, received approval from the FDA, a Reuter's report said.
Researchers at the University of Sydney have pinpointed a protein in nerve cells that drives the withdrawal response, according to research published in the Nature Neuroscience journal.