At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Phenelle Segal, RN, CIC, will give a presentation titled "Secrets to Better Infection Control Compliance."
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According to a report from the Health Care Cost Institute, healthcare spending grew 4 percent in 2012 for privately insured individuals under 65, down slightly from a 4.1 percent growth rate in 2011.
Joe Kiani, founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, shared five steps to advance patient safety and reduce harm at a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee hearing today.
The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality has awarded a $7.3 million contract to the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality in Baltimore to share its program for reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia.
In the first six months of 2013, wrong-patient, wrong-site or wrong-procedure surgery was the most common sentinel event category reviewed by The Joint Commission.
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Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Ariz., announced the addition of Terrence Crowder, MD, to its medical staff, according to a White Mountain Independent report.
The roughened titanium alloy surface of a spinal interbody fusion implant may enhance bone formation, implant stability and fusion compared to smooth titanium, according to a preclinical trial from Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering.
The Advanced Medical Technology Association released a study on pricing trends for medical implants, and the data show averages prices have declined significantly from 2007 to 2011.
PinnacleHealth Pain Management Center in Harrisburg, Pa., has opened a second location in the Fredricksen Outpatient Center in Mechanicsburg, Pa., according to a report by The Sentinel.
Cartersville-based Georgia Bone & Joint Surgeons has selected Pulse Systems as its electronic health record, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions provider.