At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Jon Friesen will give a presentation titled "ASCs and ACOs – Can ASCs Profit With ACOs?"
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Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for August 15, 2013.
Two patients who developed a bacterial infection after being treated with a medication that was later recalled have died, although the connection between the medication and cause of death is unclear, according to a KRIS TV report.
The following 10 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last three weeks. They are listed below by the number of employees and/or positions affected.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, a viral respiratory illness.
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Several healthcare groups have joined the American Health Quality Association in urging CMS to continue funding state-based quality improvement organizations.
The American College of Physicians announced that its new group, the Center for Patient Partnership in Healthcare, will focus on engaging patients, families and patient organizations in designing patient-centered care delivery.
Beyond a certain threshold, the amount of hand hygiene events by healthcare workers may be affected more by the location of hand rub dispensers than by the number of dispensers, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Sugar Land, Texas, announced the addition of Jeffrey Kozak, DO, to its medical staff.
The Spine & Pain Institute of New York announced that it is offering patients an implantable neurostimulation system for treating chronic back and limb pain, which has received FDA approval for body MRI scans under specific conditions of use.