The breast cancer therapy market is expected to decrease to $9.3 billion in 2011 and then increase to $10.6 billion in 2020 in the United States, parts of Europe and Japan, according to research by Decision Resources.
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The Medical Group Management Association and the American College of Medical Practice Executives have announced they will merge into a single association, effective Jan. 1, according to an MGMA news release.
Recruiting physicians that recently completed residency or fellowship training for hospital specialty programs can benefit hospitals by building a new generation of specialists and ensuring the continuation of successful clinical programs. As Baby Boomer physicians retire, hospitals will need to…
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston, have launched a major effort to scan tumor tissue from adult cancer patients for hundreds of gene mutations linked to cancer.
Anesthesiologist George Rader, MD, has joined Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Okla., according to a GTR News report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on Dr. George Rader.
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Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital is opposing plans by Crestwood Medical Center, also in Huntsville, to create a permanent elective angioplasty program, over patient safety concerns according to a Huntsville Times report.
Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Ala., is seeking to permanently offer elective percutaneous coronary intervention services, according to a News Courier report.
Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass., has launched a lung cancer screening program, according to a hospital news release.
The risk of reoperation for recurrence of groin hernias was significantly decreased in cases where the operating time exceeded 66 minutes, according to a study published in Archives of Surgery.
Nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) have gathered today in protest of the hospital's plan to launch a cardiac stent program over concerns of inadequate staffing and training, according to a Herald-Tribune report.