A certified registered nurse anesthetist allegedly misappropriated patients’ anesthesia or painkillers, resulting in patients leaving surgery awake and in pain, according to an Aug. 21 report from Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has become the first facility in the nation to earn a Health Care Equity Certification from The Joint Commission.
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, one of the largest ASC management organizations in the country, has donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross’ Annual Disaster Giving Program.
Surgeons at the University of Michigan Health West recently completed their 100th open heart surgery in 10 months, according to an Aug. 20 report by Fox 17.