Researchers found prior health facility contact was a major risk factor in Clostridium difficile incidence at a community hospital in New York, according to a study published in AJIC Journal.
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Physicians' Capital Investments, a Plano, Texas-based company, recently promoted Floyd Weiss to treasurer, according to a company news report.
Christopher Vassalluzzo, MD, has pleaded guilty to operating a Philadelphia "pill mill" that distributed millions of prescription diet drugs, according to an Intelligencer report.
Here are four best practices for GI/Endoscopy in surgery centers.
Cosmetic surgical procedures increased almost 9 percent in 2010 from 2009, with breast augmentation and liposuction as the top two surgical procedures, according to a news release from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
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Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with GE Healthcare/Centricity Advance. The contract offers savings to Amerinet members on the full suite of products and services from GE Centricity Advance, including web-based…
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn., has selected ProVation Order Sets as the hospital's electronic order set solution.
Medicare beneficiaries who received pacemaker and defibrillator implants and contracted infections had greater hospital stay lengths, costs and mortality rates than those without infections, according to a TYRX news release.
Orthopedic and neurosurgeons average salary rose by 8 percent in 2010, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal report.
The field of pain management has advanced rapidly over the years, with numerous treatment options and medications available to relieve back pain, but no silver bullet yet exists that can guarantee a permanent cure for back pain, according to an…