Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced its new ProFormance Cleaning Verification Products comply with AAMI and AORN guidelines.
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Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Tampa Bay (Fla.) Endoscopy Center has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
Medical device companies are pressing the FDA to speed up its review process before it is given reauthorization to collect user fees in 2012, according to a report by MedCity.
Shortages of isotopes in the past two years have prompted imaging facilities to turn to other technologies that use fewer isotopes, such as single-photon emission computed tomography and hybrids like SPECT/CT, according to a report by DOTmed.
Recent opioid-related killings at a Long Island pharmacy underscore the refusal of another Long Island pharmacy to dispense any oxycodone products since last year, according to a report by Newsday.
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A U.S. House report on the military’s 2012 budget stated that 14 percent of U.S. soldiers had been prescribed an opioid painkiller, with oxycodone accounting for 95 percent of those prescriptions, according to a report by the Daily.
Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, Calif., which has been embroiled in lawsuits and administrative penalties over its quality over care, has turned to a software system that would help the hospital improve patient satisfaction and patient safety, according to…
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Bright began his career as a pilot in the Marine Corps and is now an executive life coach and motivational speaker working with clients from several industries, including healthcare. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in…
Two owners of a Houston healthcare company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to bilk Medicare of more than $800,000 by submitting claims for durable medical equipment, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of…
Comprehensive pain management clinics are very different from pill mills, which have been linked to the nationwide epidemic of prescription pain medication abuse. "Pill mills market themselves as 'pain clinics' but operate in a manner far different from the balanced…