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McKesson has announced the launch of two new physician practice solutions — McKesson Practice Choice and McKesson Practice Care, according to McKesson Practice Choice news release and McKesson Practice Care news release.

Medical schools and residency programs are increasingly offering art classes to medical students that are designed to help students improve observation and communication skills, according to a Boston Globe blog post.

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the release of a module to support participation in the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news release (pdf).

Maxim Healthcare Services, a national home healthcare company based in Columbia, Md., has agreed to a settlement of approximately $150 million to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide fraud scheme, according to a news release from the…

The Palladium for Surgery Houston in River Oaks, Texas, is suing a Clear Lake physician, alleging he refused to pay more than $300,000 owed for using the facility, according to an Ultimate Montrose report.

Physicians at Jackson Hospital in Alabama are praising the medical center's new da Vinci S HD Surgical System, which the hospital is using to perform minimally invasive urologic procedures historically not offered in Montgomery, according to a Montgomery Advertiser report.

In the past six months, six patients with endocarditis have been admitted to Pepin Heart Hospital in Tampa, Fla., after injecting oxycodone, and four of them have died, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.

Utah orthopedic surgeon Alpesh Patel, MD, has gotten assistance from MBA students at the University of Utah on developing a device that alerts surgeons if the esophagus or bowel has been accidentally nicked with a scalpel, according to a Deseret…

The FDA has approved the Aspire HD full-field digital mammography system from Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, according to a Fujifilm news release.

Lloyd Hildebrand, MD, an ophthalmologist at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, Okla., is an example of the practical, pragmatic perceptions that clinicians can bring to medical innovations, according to an Oklahoman report.