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Recent study findings show electronic prescribing systems fall short in identifying physicians at higher risk of making a serious prescribing error for quality assurance purposes, according to a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.Read the…

Two officers of a physician therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Angel Gonzalez and Adrian Chalarca each pleaded guilty…

Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with Mediwatch for urodynamics diagnostic equipment and urology/pelvic floor clinical testing services.

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced it has granted Primary Stroke Center Certification to Bixby Medical Center of Adrian, Mich., and Herrick Medical Center of Tecumseh, Mich., according to an HFAP report.

Medication error reports have the FDA warning providers about giving patients risperidone (Risperdal) when they should be receiving ropinirole (Requip) and vice versa.

In a presentation at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10, John Cherf, MD, MPH, MBA, president of OrthoIndex, clinical advisor for Sg2 and an orthopedic surgeon, discussed the future of orthopedics.

Lisa Zamosky, a columnist for the LA Times, addressed a June 13 reader question about the ability of surgery centers to ignore advance healthcare directives.

Massachusetts lawmakers are discussing a proposed bill that would allow licensed medical videographers to tape surgical procedures if the patient pays for the taping, according to a My FOX Boston report.

At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Rob Schwartz, executive director of the Washington, Oregon and Colorado ambulatory surgery center associations, outlined several political and regulatory concerns ASCs face on the state level.

At the 9th annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Cassandra Speier, senior vice president of operations for NovaMed, shared her expertise on best practices and current trends in effective infection control programs within ambulatory surgery centers.