Dale Hockel, vice president of clinical engineering services at TriMedx, which provides healthcare equipment services for clinics, hospitals, imaging centers and surgery centers, itemizes five sticky situations in materials management and how to avoid them.
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The "My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene" approach defines the key moments when healthcare workers should perform hand hygiene, according to the World Health Organization.
Effective treatment of low back pain can reverse functional and structural brain abnormalities caused by the pain, particularly in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, according to a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience.
The Global Center for Medical Innovation in Atlanta, the Southeast's first medical device innovation center, has been awarded $3.6 million, according to a release by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Demand for bone densitometers has been flat for the past two to three years, but recent reimbursement changes by CMS may spur new demand, according to a report by DOTmed.
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A new study finds that an online, self-paced chronic pain management program reduces the condition's physical and psychological burdens, according to a release by Goalistics.
Capital acquisitions play a large role in the success of ambulatory surgery centers. They affect patient safety by ensuring equipment is up-to-date; physician satisfaction by meeting their needs when delivering care; and the center's revenue by creating efficiencies.
The following article is written by Ann O'Neill, director of clinical operations, Regent Surgical Health. In my last column ("Electronic Health Records: What Does it Mean and Do We Have to Go There?") we discussed the inevitability of a CMS…
A systematic effort to improve flu vaccination rates for healthcare workers has increased flu vaccinations rates from 59 percent to 77 percent at the University Health System in San Antonio, according to a news release from the Society for Healthcare…
Emory University Hospital in Atlanta has announced that an infected employee unintentionally exposed nearly 700 patients and approximately 100 other employees to tuberculosis , according to a local CBS news report.