The overall rate of infections reported by Pennsylvania hospitals decreased by approximately 6 percent from 2009-2010, according to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's executive summary of its 2010 Annual Report.
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Houston-based Northstar Healthcare will acquire certain ownership interests in four physician-owned radiation therapy cancer treatment centers from radiation oncologist Chris Phan, MD, according to a news release.
A chiropractor who owned a clinic in Maywood, Ill., for more than 10 years has been sentenced to 70 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud, according to an ABC 7 Chicago report. Chiropractor Darwin Minnis, DC,…
A judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have sent Chicago surgeon Mark Weinberger, MD, — nicknamed “The Nose Doctor” — to prison for four years on 22 counts of fraud, according to a Chicago Tribune report. U.S. District…
The state of Tennessee has made a drug database available to help physicians determine which patients seek prescription drugs for their pain and which patients seek medications for drug abuse, according to a Tennessean news report.
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SPR Therapeutics, a neurostimulation company, has obtained a $250,000 investment from JumpStart that will go toward developing and commercializing its pain relief device, according to a Mass Device news report.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Wake Endoscopy Center in Raleigh, N.C., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding and its ProVation EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has named Jeff Bell as vice president of new business development in the company's sales leadership team.
Johnson & Johnson’s $21.3 billion acquisition of Synthes may drive its orthopedic device rivals Zimmer and Stryker to make their own deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lexi-Comp, a provider of drug information and clinical content for pharmacists and clinicians.