Chicago REIT, a real estate investment firm, purchased the Northwest Specialty Clinics building on the campus of PeachHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend located in Springfield, Ill., according to the Register-Guard.
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West Nile has been detected in Richland County in South Carolina, according to Fox 8.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, which includes UAB Health System, and athenahealth will work together as UAB Medicine is implementing the athenaCoordinator Enterprise patient access services, according to a release.
Omega Healthcare, a leading offshore provider of healthcare outsourcing services, recently announced an aim to upgrade more than 2,000 employees as AAPC certified coders, on top of the 500 already certified coders in the organisation. This will be an Omega-sponsored…
Implementing proper infection control practices is crucial for any ambulatory surgical center.
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Ted Melnick, MD, MHS, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., lead a team of researchers examining issues of overuse and how this concept influences increasing healthcare costs, according to a statement.
Kenosha, Wis.-based lighting company Kenall Manufacturing introduced a Continuous Environmental Disinfection light fixture named Indigo-Clean, aimed to inactivate micro-organisms that cause HAIs, according to a release.
Healthcare professionals must be diligent in updating and following medical procedures to ensure physicians do not misdiagnosis or administer the wrong treatment. Patients must also be advocates for themselves to assure they are treated correctly, according to Catching Health.
A newly-elected, 11-member board will oversee and advise activities of the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety. The SPS is a network of over 80 children's hospitals working to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
The House Appropriations Committee approved the draft fiscal year 2016 budget for HHS, which would terminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.