Medline Industries announced Premier health alliance awarded Medline a three-year group purchasing contract for its ReadyBath patient body bathing products and incontinence skin protectant wipes, effective June 1.
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Perioperative beta blocker exposure was associated with lower mortality rates among high-risk patients undergoing noncardiac, nonvascular surgery, according to a Journal of the American Medical Association study.
San Diego-based NuVasive has opened a Tokyo office, bringing the company's spine device offerings to the world's second largest spine market.
David J. Pivnick is an associate of Chicago law firm McGuireWoods. He centers his practice on commercial healthcare litigation. He has represented ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, medical device companies and several other clients from the healthcare industry.
At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, industry experts from ASCOA will give a presentation titled "Cost Reduction and Benchmarking, 10 Key Steps to Immediately Improve Profits."
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On Tuesday, James Nunley, MD, performed successful surgery on Duke University Blue Devil basketball center Marshall Plumlee at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center in Durham, N.C., according to a Star News Online report.
Mani Zadeh, MD, an otolaryngologist at La Peer Health Systems who practices in Beverly Hills, is among the first in the United States to use the PROPEL device to perform sinus implants on an outpatient basis.
The record multiyear slowdown of healthcare spending growth is primarily a product of a sputtering economy, and the rate will rise again to alarming levels as the nation's economy gathers steam, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Physicians are less likely to bond emotionally with overweight and obese patients, according to an Obesity study.
Men were found to have a higher rate of bloodstream and surgical site infections than women in a Journal of General Internal Medicine study.