Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesia and critical care at the University of Chicago Medical Center, suggests pain clinicians may be able to utilize "opioid contracts" with patients to prevent drug misuse and abuse, according to an Anesthesiology…
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Eight home healthcare nurses from the Miami area have been sentenced to prison for involvement in a $18.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release. The nurses had each previously pleaded guilty to one…
The U.S. Justice Department plans to intervene in lawsuits accusing North Chicago, Ill.-based Abbott Laboratories of off-label marketing for its drug, Depakote, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Last week, the Justice Department filed notices to intervene in at least…
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Alliant Purchasing, a materials management company based in Louisville, Ky., has acquired Abilene, a Texas-based group purchasing organization Health Affiliated Services for an undisclosed amount, according to an Alliant news release.
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It's an exciting time for pain management, which is a relatively young specialty compared to others. Here are five areas of opportunities and ways for pain management physicians to grow and ensure success in 2011.
The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percent to 9.0 percent in January, with nonfarm payroll employment increasing by 36,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The following article was originally published as a sidebar of "Desktop Sterilizers in the Outpatient Setting" in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about…
Researchers found that indoor air quality in operating rooms differed significantly from month to month and other parameters, including number of OR personnel, affected indoor air quality in ORs, according to a study published in American Journal of Infection Control.
Danine Rydland, MD, a Martinsburg, W.Va., obstetrician/gynecologist, has been convicted of healthcare fraud by a federal jury and faces up to 340 years in prison, according to a WHSV news report.