A number of states have proposed measure to alter the process required to obtain a certificate of need for an ambulatory surgery center, according to an ASC Association release.
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A Consumer Reports poll found that 77 percent of respondents had high or moderate concern that they or someone in their family might be harmed by a hospital-acquired infection, according to a Safe Patient Project news release.
In 1980, female physicians comprised 11.6 percent of the physician workforce; by 2009, they had grown to 29.6 percent of the total physician population. According to a 2008 report titled "Gender Disparities in Physician Income and Advancement" by the American…
Ambulatory Surgery Center Association representatives are drafting comprehensive legislation to resolve issues facing the ASC community and give patients better access to ASCs, according to an ASC Association release.
HHS has released a 429-page proposed rule on Medicare accountable care organizations. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted for 60 days. ACOs are slated to start in Jan. 2012.
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Research findings showed the pool of 84 pain descriptors from the McGill Pain Questionnaire can be condensed into a subset of 36 descriptors that fit into 12 categories to describe chronic pain, according to a study published in The Journal…
Results from an ongoing prospective study suggest that a spinal neuromodulation device may provide pain relief for patients suffering from low back pain, according to a news release.
William Roe, former CFO of Danbury (Conn.) Hospital has returned to jail after violating probation and will remain there until sentencing on May 20 for charges he defrauded the hospital of roughly $140,000 and other crimes, according to a News…
Several interventions, including standardizing line insertion and maintenance processes and education, can help drive down central line-associated bloodstream infection rates, according to research published in the Archives of Surgery.
Nine patients have died and another 10 were treated for infections caused by contaminated intravenous feeding bags at six different Alabama hospitals, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.