Category: ROOT

1 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected fungal meningitis outbreak

Texas health officials are warning clinicians about a string of suspected fungal meningitis cases among state residents who underwent surgery in Mexico.

1 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected fungal meningitis outbreak

Texas health officials are warning clinicians about a string of suspected fungal meningitis cases among state residents who underwent surgery in Mexico.

Constitution Surgery Alliance taps chief development officer

ASC operator Constitution Surgery Alliance added Rod Carbonell, BSN, RN, as its chief development officer. 
Mr. Carbonell will identify, cultivate and execute partnership opportunities with health systems, physician groups,

HonorHealth breaks ground on cardiovascular ASC

HonorHealth has broken ground on a cardiovascular ASC in Scottsdale, Ariz., as part of a $60 million expansion project at HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, according to a May 16 report from the Daily Independent.

Cypress West to spend $3M modernizing newly acquired ASC

Healthcare property manager Cypress West Partners has acquired a 30,000-square-foot vacant medical office building with an ASC in Mesa, Ariz., according to a May 16 report from the Daily Independent. 

Drones deliver meds to New York hospital

Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is using drones to deliver medications between its outpatient pharmacy and Upstate Community Hospital campus, the organization said May 16.

'There is risk in not doing it': Systems can't afford not to spend on digital health

The digital patient experience is becoming as important as the in-person patient experience as healthcare creeps beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and non-traditional healthcare companies move to corner the primary care market.

U of Mississippi taps new remote monitoring partner

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center is tapping AMC Health as its new remote monitoring partner.

Ophthalmic surgical product distributor fined $487M

Precision Lens and its owner, Paul Ehlen, have been ordered to pay more than $487 million after a whistleblower lawsuit for Medicare fraud.

Viewpoint: The decline of science's role in FDA approvals

The corruption of the FDA’s scientific culture is driving the deterioration of safety and effectiveness standards, David Ross, MD, associate clinical professor of medicine at Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University School of Medicine and He…