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Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
A delay on the ACA's medical device tax expired Jan. 1, putting the 2.3 percent levy into effect, according to a Reuters report.
San Diego-based Dignity Health's efforts to reduce plastic straw use across the system's 39 hospitals most captured readers' attention in December.
The FDA on Dec. 28 permitted the marketing of Sanuwave's Dermapace System to treat adults with diabetic foot ulcers.
The usage, sterilization practices and inherent design of a flexible scope limit the device's life to three years, per AHA guidelines. The life cycle costs of flexible ureteroscopes can be even more challenging, especially in a procedure that offers historically…
The FDA approved 46 new drugs in 2017, a more than two-fold increase from the year prior, according to Reuters.
More and more, IDNs are not only acquiring more hospitals, but are looking to vertically integrate, merging or exploring other partnering models with physician’s offices, ambulatory surgery centers and other organizations to gain scale and deliver quality care efficiently as…
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Palo Alto, Calif. could become the first city in the U.S. to deliver blood supplies via drones, according to WTOL.
AuroMedics Pharma issued a voluntary nationwide recall for one lot of its flexible bags containing the antibiotic linezolid for injection. The company issued the recall after the products were found to contain white particulate matter identified as mold, according to…
United Kingdom-based drugmaker Mallinckrodt will acquire Rockville, Md.-based Sucampo Pharmaceuticals for $18 per share. Including Sucampo's debt, the total transaction value is approximately $1.2 billion.
San Francisco-based Dignity Health eliminated plastic straws and stir sticks from cafeterias across its 39-hospital system after a California teenager requested the system consider its stock of single-use plastics, GreenBiz reports.