Here are profiles of 30 great physician leaders. Each of these physicians is a speaker at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11; Chicago). Note: Physicians…
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Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital has selected ProVation Order Sets as the hospital's electronic order set solution.
The modified carpal stretch test is useful for ruling out grade-II or IV scapholunate interosseous ligament tears associated with intra-articular distal radial fractures, but it shouldn't be used to confirm the existence of a tear, according to a study published…
The Caterpillar Brush is a first channel brush and is designed for professionals to pull through the biopsy and suction channels. Its pull-through design eliminates the buckling that normally occurs from brush pull through, which allows the brush length to…
Hospital physicians and pharmacists in Indiana are doing what they can to provide safe and effective healthcare during a time of alarming increases in drug shortages, according to an Indianapolis Star news report.
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation has adopted the international standard 14155, which has been updated to provide step-by-step guidance on the creation and execution of a clinical trial, according to an AAMI news release.
Danine Rydland, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologists from Martinsburg, W.Va., has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison after she was convicted on 34 counts of healthcare fraud in February, according to a report from The Journal. Dr. Rydland…
HHS' Office of Inspector General has published two reports that found security gaps abound as healthcare providers rush to implement electronic health records and qualify for meaningful use incentive payments.
An accounting firm that was contracted with Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, Calif., is denying that it helped cover up alleged improper payments to physicians and filed false claims to Medicare, according to a report by the Ventura County Star.
