Surgery News News Story Archives
2012
- Survey: U.S., Older Physicians More Skeptical of HIT
- Low-Volume Transfusion Safe for Some Elderly Patients
2011
- Panel Endorses Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
- 30-Day Postop Mortality Higher in Low-BMI Patients
- Merits of Extended Thromboprophylaxis Examined
- Bariatric Surgery Recipients’ Family Members Slim Down
- CDC Data Show Drop in Some Health Care-Associated Infections
- Neoadjuvant Therapy Beneficial for Large Sarcomas in Extremities
- Hospital Readmission Rates Stagnant
- CMS Considers Coverage of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Joint Commission Rates Hospitals on Performance
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Rates, Costs Rise
- Trends in Board Certification Assessed
- Debt Deal Leaves Door Open for More Physician Pay Cuts
- IOM Recommends Replacing the 510(k) Device Process
- HHS Plans Revamp of Human Research Rules
- CMS Report Projects Trends in Health Spending
- Feds Preview Medicare Pay Bundling Regulations
- International Lung Cancer Association Embraces CT Screening of Heavy Smokers
- Insurers Pay Promptly, But Error Rate Is High
- Feds Cut Medicaid Payments for Preventable Conditions
- EHR Incentive Payments Point to Program’s Success
- HHS Requires Reviews of Big Insurance Hikes
- New Initiatives Aim to Encourage ACO Participation
- U.S. Kidney Transplants to Black Patients Remain Low Despite HLA-B Elimination
- Quality Reporting Participation Payouts Were $234 Million in 2009
- More NCI Cooperative Groups Forming Alliances
- Attestation Begins for Medicare’s ‘Meaningful Use’ Program
- Medical Liability Bill Divides House Committee Members
- New Guidelines Issued for Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
- Trauma Benchmarking Overlooks Elderly
- AHA Issues First Scientific Statement on Bariatric Surgery
- Data Suggest Preoperative Smoking Cessation Not Harmful
- Serum Test Could Define Need for Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma
- Gastric Bypass That Excludes Duodenum More Likely to Resolve Diabetes
- Risk Factors Identified for PTSD in Trauma Patients
- Optimal Lung Resection Therapy Varies by Surgeon Specialty
- Protocol Improves Handwashing Compliance in the ICU
- Hospital Occupancy Can Be Increased With Improved Surgery Scheduling
- Patients Injured While on Warfarin Have High Mortality Risk
- New Guidelines Issued for MRSA Treatment
- Medicare Launches Physician Compare Web Site
Revised January 27, 2012