Hospitalized children that are colonized but not sick with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA are at considerable risk for developing full-blown infections, according to research conducted by Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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All employees of Hospital Sisters Health System, based in Springfield, Ill., are now required to receive flu vaccination by Oct. 15, according to a health system release.
After six years in the laser spine industry, Jimmy St. Louis, along with his new partners, Ann Miller and Shawn Clymer, both leaders from the Laser Spine Institute, are taking on a new project: a company that identifies new and…
Pfizer has completed its acquisition of pain medication company Icagen in a deal worth almost $50 million, according to a Pfizer press release.
Todd Currier is the first president of the Wyoming Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which recently announced its formation.
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Lisa Nijm, MD, an ophthalmologist at the Eye Institute at Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, is opening a new part-time outreach practice in Lincoln, Ill., according to a Lincoln Courier report.
The FDA has approved Fluke Biomedical's ProSim Vital Signs patient simulator, according to a Fluke news release.
A recent report by the HHS Inspector General said CMS has not been verifying whether Medicare prescriptions for painkillers and other addictive drugs were written by real physicians, according to a Cutting Edge report.
The office manager of an OB/GYN practice in Hilton Head, S.C., has pleaded guilty to buying intrauterine devices that were not FDA-approved, according to an Island Packet report.
The following article is written by Eric J. Stenson, director of enterprise applications for Surgical Notes. The views expressed are those of the author and are not endorsed by Surgical Notes. Stanford University Hospital recently suffered a major breach of…