Two Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate the safety and security of wireless medical devices, according to a MedCity report.
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Under the state's new anti-pill mill law, Florida drug enforcement officials have arrested 937 people, including 17 physicians, for related crimes, according to a Miami Herald report.
While most ophthalmologists and optometrists aim to routinely ask older patients about their driving vision, they often fail to follow up with further questions or communications on the topic, according to a University of Michigan Health System news release.
Researchers have developed a surface treatment that could improve the body's acceptance of medical devices such as joint replacements and stents, according to a Chemistry World report.
Oxycontin, which usually costs $20-$40 per pill, is one of the most abused drugs among celebrities, according to a Fox News report.
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AmkaiSolutions, a provider of software solutions to ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and affiliated practices and clinics, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to provide the West Florida Medical Center Clinic, based in Pensacola, with a full…
Anne Hargrave-Thomas, administrator and CEO of West Bloomfield (Mich.) Surgery Center, has been hired as the CEO of physician-owned OakLeaf Surgical Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., according to a news release from B. E. Smith (pdf), which conducted the executive…
An adjunct research instructor of family medicine at University of Buffalo (N.Y.), shares a personal account on medical errors that caused her mother’s death to university medical students, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Read the full report in…
Although Connecticut approved partial coverage for professional medical interpreters assisting Medicaid patients in 2007, the state budget has never included funding for such medical services, according to a New Haven Independent report.