Two hospitals in San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital and California Pacific Medical Center, have reported outbreaks of C. difficile, according to a San Francisco Examiner news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review about the California C.…
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Atlanta radiologist Rajashakher P. Reddy has been found guilty of several fraud charges, including four counts of healthcare fraud, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report. Dr. Reddy operated Reddy Solutions, which provided services to hospitals without full-time radiology coverage. From…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 (H.R. 2108, S. 1173) has received endorsement from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, according to a report from the ASC Association in its…
Authorities confiscated more than 40,000 pills at South Florida pain clinics in the first day of enforcing the state's new ban against dispensing pills in pain clinics, according to a report by Local 10 News.
A laparoscopic system and a bariatric surgery technique are on a new list of seven top clinical innovations expected in the near future, according to a report by MedCity News.
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Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Access MediQuip has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held…
The clinical segment accounts makes up an estimated 70 percent of the medical electronics market, but home electronics is and will remain the fastest growing market, according to a release by MarketResearch.com.
According to a News Times report, spine surgeon Ramon Mabasa, MD, and New Milford Hospital, have reached a $5.25 million settlement in a malpractice lawsuit brought by a former patient who had her leg amputated after experiencing complications associated with…
Botulinum toxin, better known as Botox, does not does not provide relief of neck pain, according to a report by the Cochrane Library.
Study findings show that hospitals continued to primarily utilize highly skilled nurses after a 1999 California law that established a minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratio for hospitals was passed, according to research published in Health Affairs.