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PMG Partners Selects SourceMedical’s Vision Enterprise
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — SourceMedical Solutions, a leading provider of outpatient information management solutions, announced that the company has been selected as the enterprise management software provider for PMG Partners, the leading provider of ambulatory surgery center (ASC) billing and collection services located in Los Angeles.“SourceMedical’s Vision Enterprise is designed to manage multiple sites across the enterprise to streamline and automate ...(More)
7/8/2008
NovaMed Acquires Ambulatory Surgery Center in Louisiana
CHICAGO — NovaMed, Inc. announced that it has acquired a 51 percent interest in the Interventional Pain Management Center, an ambulatory surgery center with four operating rooms located in Baton Rouge, La. This center currently performs pain management procedures exclusively but has the potential to add other specialties. “In the last 12 months approximately 15,000 pain management procedures were performed ...(More)
7/8/2008
Self-powered Implants for Injured Knees
As news of Tiger Woods' knee injury hits the headlines, a researcher at the University of Southampton has developed a new self-powered sensor to monitor progress during knee operations. As part of his final year project in his Masters degree in Electromechanical Engineering, which he studied at the University's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), Fauzan Baharudin explored the potential ...(More)
7/7/2008
Early Surgery Best for Gallbladder Inflammation
NEW YORK — In patients who develop acute inflammation of the gallbladder, its best to have the gallbladder removed using minimally invasive surgery within 24 hours of hospital admission, rather than waiting weeks to years after a course of antibiotics has been given, new research shows. Early gallbladder removal using laparoscopic or "keyhole" surgery reduces time spent in the hospital ...(More)
7/7/2008
Glaucoma Surgery Studied in Medicare Patients, New Hope for People
SAN FRANCISCO — Ophthalmologists continue to develop treatments to help the more than 3 million Americans with glaucoma. The July issue of Ophthalmology includes a large, national study of outcomes of incisional surgeries, used to reduce pressure inside the eye, in Medicare patients. Also covered is research that may brighten the outlook for patients with end-stage glaucoma.All types of glaucoma ...(More)
7/7/2008
Flaws Found in Error-Reduction Technology
In the first study of its kind, researchers led by The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Ross Koppel, PhD, studied how hospital nurses actually use bar-coded technology that matches the right patient with the right dose of the right medication. The surprising result is that the design and implementation of the technology, which is often relied upon as a ...(More)
7/7/2008
Medical Ventures Becomes Neovasc
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Neovasc, Inc., formerly Medical Ventures Corp., a company developing and marketing innovative specialty vascular devices, announced its name change and the expansion of its product portfolio, as the company completed the acquisition of two vascular product development companies and the closing of $8.3 million in private financing. The company's previously announced share consolidation is also now in ...(More)
7/2/2008
Patent Issued for Change-A-Blade
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Traditionally impressions of safety scalpels have been unfavorable amongst the surgical community. Due to the unsatisfactory performance characteristics of existing safety scalpels, surgeons would need to alter their proven surgical technique. Hearing the voices of concern, Sandel Medical Industries created a revolutionary product which combines the safety surgical team's need and the preferred functionality surgeons demand. Upon ...(More)
7/2/2008
2009 Joint Commission Ambulatory Care Standards Available Online
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — The Joint Commission’s revised ambulatory care standards, rationales and elements of performance for 2009 are now available online. The standards will take effect Jan. 1, and have been placed online to give all healthcare organizations time to become familiar with the new language, ordering and numbering.The changes are part of the Standards Improvement Initiative (SII), launched ...(More)
7/2/2008
Microscopic Needles Could Revolutionize Eye Treatment
LONDON — A new technique that effectively delivers drugs to the eyes, using microscopic needles, could offer hope to the millions of patients worldwide suffering from common eye diseases that threaten vision such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University will presented this research, entitled "Microneedles for Ocular Drug Delivery," to ...(More)
7/2/2008
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