Practice Partners in Healthcare develops, manages and purchases a minority ownership interest in ambulatory surgery centers. The company was founded by Larry Taylor, president and CEO, in 2005.
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Murphy Healthcare Group, based in Montvale, N.J., and New York, has developed more than 30 ambulatory surgery centers since 1990, with current ASC partners in states including New Jersey, Florida and Connecticut. The company was founded by CEO Robert Murphy.
Greg DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC, an administrator and physician assistant at Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites in Waltham, Mass., describes four trends in outpatient orthopedic surgery.
A Food and Drug Administration panel of health experts unanimously voted for the approval of Optimer Pharmaceutical's antibiotic, which fights Clostridium difficile infections in patients, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek news report.
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Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows there has been a drastic increase in opioid prescriptions, while prescriptions for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have decreased, according to a UPenn news release.
Researchers suggest even with low patient compliance and cloth efficacy issues, preoperatively distributing chlorhexidine bathing cloth kits to orthopedic patients is an economical way to prevent surgical site infections, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Hospitals' financial and supply chain executives are placing a greater focus on healthcare IT and patient safety, according to a survey published in the Premier healthcare alliance's March 2011 Economic Outlook analysis.
South Dakota hospitals are grappling with increasing shortages of necessary drugs, according to a Rapid City Journal report.
Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., has fired neurosurgeon William A. Stewart, MD, claiming he refused to cooperate in an investigation, but Dr. Stewart says he was terminated for whistleblowing, according to a Post-Standard report. Dr. Stewart, who has been…