Roy Berjarano, COO of Frontier Healthcare Holdings, explains the concept behind Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) – facilities where doctors come together to provide their patients with the best care possible,…
In 2011, the MM&M Awards celebrated its most successful evening to-date. Sold out for the first time, the awards were held at Cipriani 42nd Street and recognized exceptional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During non-trauma-related gastrointestinal and biliary tract surgery, use of an impervious plastic wound edge protector significantly cuts the risk of surgical site infections…
Nearly everyone agrees, health care costs in the United States are becoming unsustainable. These higher costs not only affect Medicare and Medicaid services but private sector health insurance…
Help a friend of The Doctor’s Channel continue working as an orthopedic surgery resident. Dr. Adam Bitterman, a newly displaced orphan resident from New York City, is looking…
Doximity is linking the medical community together with a new social network. It is a forum for openly talking with colleagues or a place for private group discussions.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antibiotic prophylaxis based on rectal swab cultures in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies (TRUSP) reduces the incidence of post-procedure infectious complications. Furthermore,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients and health care workers (HCWs) with symptomatic nosocomial norovirus (NoV) infection are much more apt to transmit the virus than asymptomatic shedders,…
Health care costs are notoriously opaque, often leaving patients saddled with unexpectedly high bills and making it challenging for them to understand their expenses. To make matters more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of monitoring visits for patients treated for localized primary melanoma can be reduced considerably, without having much effect on spotting any…