Physicians' Medical Center of the Ozarks in Mountain Home, Ark., has closed after its owner's medical license was suspended by the state medical board, according to a report by KSPR News.
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The Lower Makefield (Pa.) Zoning Hearing Board voted to grant an exception needed by Aria Hospital in Frankford, Pa., to begin construction on a new campus, according to a report in the Bucks County Courier Times.
Fifty physicians, one from each state, accompanied President Obama in the White House Rose Garden as he kicked off a week of intensified lobbying for healthcare reform legislation in Congress, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered manufacturers of certain types of pedicle screw systems, called dynamic stabilization systems, to conduct postmarket surveillance studies to collect clinical data on a number of potential safety issues, including fusion rates and…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas presented plans to build a $3.5 million ASC in Raeford, N.C., to the Hoke County Board of Commissioners, according to a report in The Fayetteville Observer.
Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care announced that it has agreed to acquire Preferred Health Systems of Wichita (Kan.), according to a report in The Washington Post.
More than 1,800 patients were put at risk of contracting hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS and other diseases due to unsanitary practices involving IV bags at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to a report from NBC…
Here are profiles of 10 ASCs that opened in 2009. Note: Facilities are listed alphabetically by state.
Q: What benchmark or rule does your ASC follow to determine what time a surgeon is expected to arrive at the surgery center prior to the first case of the day? If you have experienced a surgeon that regularly showed…
While the nation lost a whopping 263,000 nonfarm jobs in September, the healthcare sector came through the month relatively unscathed and still has more jobs than a year ago, according to a release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
