A large-scale, real-world analysis of 15,639 patients treated with Collagenase SANTYL◊ Ointment underscores the clinical and economic benefits of early enzymatic debridement in wound management. Using NetHealth registry data from 2020–2023, the retrospective study, led by Boxuan Li, PhD, and…
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Amarillo, Texas-based Northwest Surgical Center and the Northwest Physicians Group – Specialty Clinic evacuated around 200 people on Aug. 19 after a broken pipe flooded the facility, according to a news release from the Amarillo Fire Department shared with Becker’s.…
Sixty-one percent of physicians said their patients were influenced by medical misinformation or disinformation a moderate amount or a great deal of the time over the past year, a recent Physicians Foundation survey found. The nonprofit research group surveyed 1,002…
Two people are dead after a shooting at Integris Health Enid (Okla.) Hospital late Aug. 17, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed to Becker’s. According to reports from ABC affiliate WTAE and Fox affiliate KOKH, police first responded to…
Hospitals and health systems are preparing for a rise in high-risk pregnancies, even as many labor and delivery units shut down. Vizient company Sg2 projected that the proportion of high-risk pregnancies will accelerate alongside a rise in obesity-related comorbidities, including…
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HHS has reinstated the Safer Childhood Vaccines task force, the agency said in an Aug. 14 news release. Here are six things to know: 1. The task force, created by Congress, was originally disbanded in 1998. 2. In its new…
Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, executive vice president and COO of Radnor Township, Pa.-based Main Line Health, never set out to be an entrepreneur — but she recently made her mark in the space. On July 1, the U.S. Patent and…
Researchers across 23 medical centers found a new two-dose treatment that could be as effective as standard treatment for complicated Staphylococcus aureus. The study was led by researchers from Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health, Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University and the…
More than 14,500 complaints were lodged against hospitals in fiscal 2024, a 79% increase in complaints compared to fiscal 2019, according to a CMS report published Aug. 6. Federal CMS annually assesses each state CMS survey agency on how they…
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has released the country’s first clinical manual for treating infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to an Aug. 13 news release. The clinical manual covers several infection-associated chronic illnesses, including long COVID, long Lyme disease,…