Within a week of being laundered, 92 percent of hospital privacy curtains are contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria such as MRSA and VRE, according to research from the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.
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The owner of addiction clinics in Massachusetts, Punyamurtula Kishore, MD, has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating a fraud kickback scheme in which he funneled drug screenings to a non-profit company he created, according to a Boston Globe report. Dr. Kishore…
Interventional Management Services has announced Stephen Rosenbaum, the company's CEO, will speak at the 2011 Southeast Healthcare Provider Conference, according to an IMS news release.
mTuitive, which develops data capture and synoptic reporting software to assist healthcare professionals in recording clinical findings and maintaining compliance with established protocols and guidelines, has announced Rockside Road Surgery Center of Independence, Ohio, has selected SourcePlus OpNote for its…
Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced the company now offers single-use bulbs and bladders, according to a news release from Healthmark Industries.
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology will provide a free hour-long webinar on "Meeting CMS Requirements for Coverage on Infection Control at Ambulatory Endoscopy Centers" to Ambulatory Surgery Center Association members, according to a news release from…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Ad Council have launched an initiative that aims to foster effective two-way communication between patients and their clinicians, according to an AHRQ release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
Researchers from the United Kingdom have developed a glowing gel that reveals and fights infection-causing bacteria, according to a Huffington Post report.
Stuck in size between large hospitals and small ambulatory surgery centers, physician-owned surgical hospitals face a breadth of challenges in today's healthcare environment, including in the human resources department. Large hospitals can afford to hire a several-member HR department while…
In 2010, a patient death at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester involved a delayed response to alarms signaling the patient's fast heart rate and breathing problems, according to a Boston Globe report.