A rising number of reports about deaths, injuries, and malfunctions linked to the robotic surgery system made by Intuitive Surgical Inc. may...Read More »
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine two months ago suspended a prominent obesity surgeon’s medical license, accusing him of a...Read More »
Thirty-three percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting accountability measure data for 2012 are Top Performer hospitals,...Read More »
The U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this week approved the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization...Read More »
More than $8 million in grants will support research to aid long-term recovery in areas hard hit by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, the U.S....Read More »
The Leapfrog Group’s fourth safety report card for general acute care hospitals, released Wednesday, shows little overall improvement in how well...Read More »
With the temporary federal budget deal ending the 16-day government shutdown, state and federal officials have some catching up to do to make up...Read More »
Sixty wrong-patient/wrong-site/wrong-procedure sentinel events were reported during the first half of 2013, according to the October edition of...Read More »