The medical technology industry is facing new challenges, including unstable public policy, increased regulation, a financial downturn and a changing customer base, according to Ernst and Young's 2011 "Pulse of the Industry" report.
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Many healthcare professionals are questioning the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recent draft guidance, in which it recommends against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer in healthy men, according to a Florida Times-Union report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a surgical fire prevention initiative, according to an AHA News Now report.
The owner of Houston-based B.I. Medical Supply has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Along with his sentence, Bassey Monday Idiong…
Health Inventures has announced Nebraska Spine Hospital in Omaha has celebrated its one-year anniversary, according to a Health Inventures news release.
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Draeger Medical has announced its Innovian Anesthesia Solution Version 4.0 has received electronic health record certification from InfoGard Laboratories, an ONC-authorized testing and certification body, according to a Draeger Medical news release (pdf).
Kimberly-Clark Health Care has announced it has been named company of the year in the medical device category of PM360's Trailblazer Awards competition, according to a news release from Kimberly-Clark Health Care.
An Atlanta physician has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison after he admitted to filing more than $2 million in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report. Robert Williams, MD, was…
The Cardinal Health Foundation will award more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
A study published in PLos ONE suggests bloodstream infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, may be more prevalent during summer months.