LaClaro, the developer of the Lighthouse management system for ambulatory surgery centers, has joined SourceMedical as the company's technology partner.
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With half of all medical devices in the United States imported, it is difficult to ensure that all players along the supply chain meet their safety and quality responsibilities, according to a report by the Food and Drug Administration.
Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Bill Walton, legendary NBA player and broadcaster, as a keynote speaker at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers…
An article in Pain Physician describes a double-needle method to improve the accuracy of sacroiliac joint injections, which can be challenging to insert in the right place each time.
The nonmedical use of prescription opioids in the United States costs more than $50 billion a year, with lost productivity and crime accounting for 94 percent of those costs, according to a report in the Clinical Journal of Pain.
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Researchers have found that new models to track medical inventory could save hospitals and perhaps ambulatory surgery centers substantial labor and other costs to replenish stock, according to a release by the University of Cincinnati.
New legislation has been introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) that would provide whistleblower protection for nurses who speak out for enforcement of safe staffing standards and establish a federal minimum standard in all hospitals for direct care registered nurse-to-patient…
The owner of a Houston healthcare company has pled guilty in connection with a $654,227 Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Simone Ball, owner and operator of Preferred Plus Medical Supply, pleaded guilty…
Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez, MD, who operates an interventional pain clinic in Sarasota, Fla., says she could be forced to close down, the victim of a regulatory backlash against a very different kind of pain clinic, "pill mills" that prescribe high volumes…
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10, 2011, Ken Pettine, MD, founder of The Spine Institute and Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, gave a presentation titled "Everything You Need to Know to…