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TYRX, manufacturer of implantable medical devices designed to help reduce surgical site infections, has launched its new patient education website, HeartDeviceInfection.com.

Federal authorities began arresting roughly 35 people in the New York City area today who are suspected of participating in an organized crime ring that reined in roughly $250 million through healthcare fraud, according to a New York Times report.

Months after Irvine, Calif.-based Monarch Healthcare sold its management to an arm of health insurer UnitedHealth, Blue Shield of California is demanding $10.5 million in damages from the physician group for alleged contract violations, according to a Wall Street Journal…

In a webinar on Feb. 28, 2012, Robert Farrar, MD, JD, FCLM, vice president of medical affairs for Somnia Anesthesia; Brent Sommer, a CRNA at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif.; and Frank Schramm, MD, chief of anesthesiology…

Northside Hospital has opened a new outpatient imaging center in Buford, Ga., according to a report by The Weekly.

Heart failure patients who were treated by an internist or family physician had a higher risk of 30-day and one-year mortality than patients who were treated by cardiologists, according to a study in American Heart Journal.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, Calif., has placed the last beam on its new patient care center, marking a halfway point in its $350 million construction project, according to a Mercury News report.

St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland, Ill., has received approval from the state to build a new 25-bed hospital, according to a Belleville News Democrat report.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health held a dedication ceremony for its $296 million "Hospital of the Future" project at its Baystate Medical Center campus, according to a Republican report.

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester, Va., has announced the March 6 ground breaking of a new intensive care unit and family care center.