Scott Walker has been named the new business office manager for Cheyenne (Wyo.) Surgical Center, a Regent Surgical Health partner facility.
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The following article is written by Tom Mallon, CEO of Regent Surgical Health. The question posted in the title of this article is the one all the politicians and pundits are asking this week. Legislators, both republicans and democrats,…
The state and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have settled a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a girl whose leg was amputated due to alleged oversight of developing tissue damage during surgery, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Read the…
Woodstock, Ga., is aiming to ban "pill mills" by making it illegal to prescribe or dispense drugs outside a pharmacy, hospital, surgery center, assisting living facility or hospital-owned outpatient facility, according to a Cherokee Tribune report.
The FDA has released a drug safety communication about reports of serious central nervous system reactions when methylene blue is given to patients taking certain psychiatric medications, according to AORN and the FDA communication.
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The global market in pain medications logged $22 billion in sales in 2010, rising at a compound annual growth rate of 8.9 percent since 2005, according to a news release by Reportlinker.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia has issued indictments against 53 people, including a family physician, for participating in the distribution of more than 200,000 oxycodone pills, according to a report by the Philadelphia Daily News.
Researchers have shown that antimicrobial surgical gloves are effective in reducing microbial passage even after they have been perforated, according to a report by EndoNurse.
GE Healthcare has released the Centricity Advance-Mobile, which allows physicians in small practices to use an electronic medical record through their iPad and iPhone, according to a news release by GE Healthcare.
A new genetic cause for retinitis pigmentosa has been found that might explain a significant number of these blindness cases in people of Jewish descent, according to a news release by the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.