Four nationally medical societies have announced the formation of a new coalition aimed at promoting patient safety in cosmetic medicine and aesthetic surgery through public and physician education initiatives.
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Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, has sued to gain access to confidential Medicare billing data showing how much each physician is paid, according to a report by the Journal.
Here are the five companies in the healthcare supplies industry with the highest future earnings growth, according to a Zacks Investment Research report.
The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers has commended the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine for their work on regulations that standardize care and prevent abuse in pain clinics, according to an FLSPMP release.
Researchers conducted a study to examine the factors that influence nurses' compliance with Standard Precautions, a set of guidelines that protect healthcare professionals from exposure to microorganisms, according to the abstract published in BMC Nursing.
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The medical device industry has generally expressed satisfaction with the Food & Drug Administration's move to revise the 510(k) device approval process, according to a Mass Device news report.
Federal fraud prevention and enforcement efforts have recovered more than $4 billion in fiscal year 2010, according to a news release from the Department of Health & Human Services.
There’s an old saying in ice hockey: "take the shortest route to the puck, and arrive there in ill humor," wrote J. Paul Spencer in a recent posting on his RAConteur blog. He advised practices and hospitals to take a…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has announced it has joined with the Association for Vascular Access and the Infusion Nurses Society to launch a new website aimed at helping to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections…
Here are 20 statistics about revenue generated by physicians for hospitals versus average employed physician salary, based on physician specialty. Data comes from 2009 Merritt Hawkins' Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives and Merritt Hawkins' 2010 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey. The…