Researchers have found that the investigational anticoagulant rivaroxaban, given after knee surgery, showed significantly better efficacy and equivalent safety compared with enoxaparin, according to a report in MedPage Today.
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A recent study published in The Cochrane Library found that weight-loss surgery is effective on those patients with less-severe obesity, but questions still remain about long-term outcomes and which procedures are more effective than others, according to a report in…
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Krystal Mims, president of Texas Health Partners, has been selected for the Dallas Business Journal's Forty Under 40 program, according to an announcement from THP.
For-profit specialty hospitals have not dramatically impacted general acute care hospitals in three healthcare markets, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Center for Studying Health System Change.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, R-Ore., has a dream: bringing American healthcare into this century.
Improving Hospital Cardiology Programs and Joint Ventures: Don't miss the chance to read and/or advertise in the July issue of The Hospital Review.
Don't Miss Dr. Peter Kurzweil and Margarita de Jesus, Administrator of Surgery Center of Long Beach, discuss "Uni Knees and Shoulders in the Outpatient Setting: Cost, Staffing and Profitability Issues" at the 7th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Driven…
Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health is changing its name to simply "Virtua," according to a report in the Philadelphia Business Journal.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2009 Comparative Database Report, which highlighted overall areas of strength and areas of potential improvement for hospitals, according to an AHRQ summary.