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Two Surgical Technology Companies Merge Products
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America and LiveData today announced that they will integrate their products to advance operating room (OR) communications, workflow efficiency and patient safety. LiveData's latest data integration and display capabilities will be added to the KARL STORZ OR1 system.KARL STORZ provides minimally invasive endoscopic technologies and operating room integration, and LiveData provides real-time data integration and display technology. The ...(More)
7/15/2008
CBSPD Receives Full Re-accreditation for Exams
ALPHA, N.J — The board of directors of the Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution, Inc. has announced that their technician, supervisor and manager certification examinations have received full re-accreditation from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies until May 31, 2013.In its letter to the CBSPD, the NCCA indicated “The NCCA appreciates the continued interest of the CBSPD in ...(More)
7/15/2008
Next Generation Bair Paws® Gown Simplifies Positioning, Adds Versatility
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The world’s first forced-air warming gown now offers clinicians even more flexibility in the operating room.Currently, the Bair Paws gown is used in more than 1,000 facilities in the U.S. and provides both comfort and clinical warming throughout the perioperative period. By incorporating a second clinical hose port to the lower portion of the Bair Paws+ ...(More)
7/15/2008
Specialty Physician Compensation Barely Keeps up with Inflation
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.— Specialty physicians’ overall compensation remained flat in 2007, (increasing just 0.31 percent, adjusted for inflation, or 3.16 percent without inflation) according to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2008 Report Based on 2007 Data. Specialists’ compensation rose to a median of $332,450. Inflation amounts to a 2.85 percent increase in the consumer price ...(More)
7/15/2008
Deadline Looming for N.Y. Physicians Performing Outpatient Procedures
NEW YORK — July 14 signals the one year mark from the 2009 deadline for New York State Office-Based Surgery (OBS) providers who are not already accredited by one of three approved accreditation agencies. In Dec. 2007, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) passed legislation that requires all physicians who perform outpatient procedures under sedation in their office ...(More)
7/15/2008
Arizant Launches New Ranger® Irrigation Fluid Warming System
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Representing the latest advance in dry heat fluid warming, Arizant Healthcare Inc. launched the Ranger Irrigation Fluid Warming System.The Ranger irrigation system offers the high-volume delivery of warmed fluids required by demanding urology, gynecology or orthopedic procedures while providing true temperature control — eliminating the potential cool down of fluid bags removed hours earlier from the ...(More)
7/15/2008
Pinnacle III Welcomes New Director of ASC Billing
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Due in large part to Pinnacle III’s steady growth, Kim Woodruff, previous vice president of business office operations at the company’s centralized billing office (CBO), has taken on a new role as vice president of corporate finance and compliance. In this position, she is responsible for corporate financial oversight, strategic planning, CBO compliance and infrastructure development, ...(More)
7/14/2008
Patient Reports May Lead to Fewer Adverse Events
Improvement of patient safety relies on incident reports, automated surveillance of clinical data, and review of medical records, but according to a group of Massachusetts researchers, patient surveys can also provide important information. This study was reported today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Through the study the researchers found that when surveyed, nearly 23 percent of patients reported a ...(More)
7/14/2008
Hoana Medical Partners With Private Hospitals, Veterans Administration and U.S. Army
HONOLULU— Hoana Medical, Inc. announced today a partnership with a large healthcare system in Pennsylvania, the Veterans Administration (VA) with VA hospitals in Florida and Nebraska, and the U.S. Army to improve patient safety in acute-care hospitals. Hospital experience has shown that rapid response teams (RRT) are not effective if the patient is found too late — many times patients ...(More)
7/14/2008
ValuSource and MGMA Launch Free Benchmarking Dashboards
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — ValuSource Software, the leader in medical practice benchmarking software, and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released two Web-based dashboards that enable physicians and group practices to enter a few easy-to-find variables about physician compensation, and production and costs, and compare themselves to national norms. The process takes just two minutes and can be accessed HERE. "With ...(More)
7/14/2008
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