Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and the Massachusetts Health and Hospitals Association launched a pain stewardship program to increase the use of multimodal analgesia for acute pain management, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
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The rate of opioid use among rheumatoid arthritis patients has declined since 2010, according to a study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology.
While many hospitals leaders are working to adjust pain management protocols to reduce the number opioid medications prescribed at their facilities, leaders at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo., have already had great success reducing opioid prescriptions at its facility…
A patient stabbed a nurse with a knife in Southbridge, Mass.-based Harrington Hospital's emergency department Wednesday, according to WCVB.
Massachusetts Health and Human Services officials ordered Harrisburg, Pa.-based Hillcrest Women's Medical Center to suspend services after an inspection revealed multiple deficiencies and violations, according to a PennLive report.
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Hospitals that conduct both basic and clinical research tend to be more efficient in terms of length of patient stays, according to a study published in the journal Research Policy.
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As the baby boomer generation ages, hospitals are beginning to see more older patients in their emergency departments — according to CDC data cited by Kaiser Health News, 1 in 6 visits to the ED were made by an elderly…
A Mohawk Ambulance vehicle reportedly crashed into a tree Wednesday, killing a patient and injuring two medical technicians on board, according to the Times-Union.
Kilmarnock, Va.-based Rappahannock General Hospital, a part of Baltimore-based Bon Secours Health System, will close its intensive care unit and will cease providing surgeries after 3 p.m., according to a Rappahannock Record report.