San Diego-based DJO Global released its second quarter results and posted a net loss of $20.6 million, 3.6 percent more than the nearly $20 million loss reported during the same period last year.
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The overall incidence of cardiac complications during lumbar spine surgery was found to be 6.7 complications per 1,000 surgical procedures, according to study published in Spine.
Indiana's Medical Licensing Board is considering an emergency set of rules that aims at further regulating prescriptions of opioid-based drugs, according to a report by The Goshen News.
Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., plans on opening a new orthopedics office in Waterbury, Vt., according to a Stowe Reporter report.
A tool developed by The Leapfrog Group estimates the costs purchasers and employees pay for hospitals' medical errors.
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Four steps can help healthcare organizations develop a culture of patient safety, according to LifeWings.
Operating room equipment failures account for nearly 25 percent of surgical errors, according to a study in BMJ Quality & Safety.
Patients who used proton pump inhibitors, drugs used mostly to lower stomach acid production, were more likely to acquire C. diff infections, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A new partnership between the University of Miami’s Children’s Health Fund and Verizon Wireless will equip Children’s Health Fund mobile health clinics with telemedicine technology. Click here to read the full article on Becker’s Hospital Review. More Articles on Quality: AHA:…
The results of the American Hospital Association’s investigation into the efficacy of electronic clinical quality measures are clear: the rapid transition to electronic quality reporting has made the process less useful. Click here to read the full article on Becker’s…