Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced a voluntary recall of the pain medication Embeda because of formulation problems, according to a Reuters news report.
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A comprehensive obstetric patient safety program at New York City's New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center reduced yearly compensation payments by about $25 million from 2003-2009, according to an article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
An obstetrics patient safety program can improve safety climate and staff perceptions of safety, according to an article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with St. John Companies, manufacturer and distributor of labels, patient identification, medical imaging and medical records products to U.S. hospital and alternate site markets, for diagnostic…
A former pharmacist from Brighton, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny and unauthorized practice after she dispensed medication under the state’s Medicaid program with a suspended license, according to a Democrat and Chronicle report. Elizabeth L. Johnson’s license…
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The healthcare reform law will worsen the supply of primary care physicians treating Medicaid patients because temporary increases in pay would not attract enough physicians to meet the huge expansion in Medicaid recipients, according to a study by the Center…
Even though federal and state governments and payors are making sweeping moves to contain the cost of healthcare, the prices of brand name prescription drugs are increasing rapidly, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
Despite recent contract cancellations with group purchasing organizations Premier and Novation, medical device giant Medtronic's CFO is dispelling rumors that the company is shifting away from doing business with GPOs, according to a Mass Device news report.
SSM Orthopedics in St. Louis has acquired 14 private practice physicians, according to a STLtoday news report.
Didier Pittet, MD, director of the infection control program at University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president of The Joint Commission, speaking at a hand hygiene forum organized by Loyola University Medical Center and…