Uncategorized

Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be…

Hospitals are beginning to rethink to how palliative care can be incorporated into the delivery of healthcare, according to a Washington Post news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on palliative care.

Hospitals around the country are implementing a wide variety of measures to reduce the number of unnecessary hospital readmissions.

Robotic gynecologic surgery can deliver distinct advantages over traditional methods of minimally invasive surgery, according to a report written by Albert T. Domingo, MS, MD, in MD News.

Memphis urologists addressed myths about vasectomies in a recent Commercial Appeal report.

Pulmonary embolisms are a common risk associated with hip and knee replacement procedures, and the risk is still relatively high even after patients are treated with blood thinners prior to and immediately following joint replacement surgery, according to a news…

Protesters have been picketing a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pain clinic, claiming it is a pill mill that is responsible for the death of a 57-year-old nurse from a prescription drug overdose, according to a report by the Sun Sentinel.

A professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Medical Electronic Device Realization Center said upcoming medical devices would move a great deal of healthcare into the patient's home, according to a report by EE Times.

A new FDA draft guidance specifies what kinds of changes in existing medical devices would require new 510(k) submissions, according to an FDA release.

Physical inactivity and high body mass index are linked to an increased risk of chronic pain in the low back and neck, according to a report by the American Journal of Epidemiology.