Here are four factors that impact the success of orthopedic surgery centers.
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A neurosurgeon’s lawsuit against Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., claiming the hospital retaliated against him after he spoke out of improper care, has been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds by a federal judge, according to a Post-Standard report. James Holsapple,…
"Spine surgery is very doable in a surgery center with the right kind of surgery and the right kind of patient," says Joan F. O'Shea, MD, neurosurgeon and orthopedic spine surgeon at the Spine Institute of Southern New Jersey in…
Ambulatory surgery centers put their reusable, heat-sensitive, semi-critical and non-critical scopes, cameras and other endoscopic accessories through high-level disinfection procedures every day. If they have a limited scope inventory, they do it multiple times a day. The physicians typically have…
EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA in Germany, has agreed to pay $44.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations over the marketing of Rebif, a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis, according to a news release from…
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New Jersey's 230 ambulatory surgery centers contributed $2.6 billion to the state's economy, paid $60.3 million in taxes and employed more than 6,000 people in 2009, according to an economic impact study conducted by Oxford Outcomes for the New Jersey…
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has released a plan to reduce prescription drug abuse that includes education, tracking and monitoring, proper medication disposal and enforcement.
B. Braun Melsungen AG, a German-based medical device company, and its United States subsidiary B. Braun Medical have obtained a permanent injunction in its patent infringement case against Japanese company Terumo, according to a B. Braun news release.
Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius marked the 12th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine's study on hospital-acquired infections by applauding hospitals for joining the department's public-private partnership on HAIs, according to a report by The Hill.
Calin Moucha, MD, associate chief of joint replacement surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, is heading efforts to decrease surgical site infections for total joint replacement patients, according to a report from the New York Daily News.