A Purdue University precision innovation developed for brain tumor surgery is being expanded to provide medical professionals with a rapid, robust supplemental assessment tool to more efficiently ...

A clinical assessment addresses the broad gamut of clinical, financial and operational challenges that surgery centers face today. In particular, a clinical assessment can help your surgery center 1) ...

Worldwide, non-cardiac surgery is associated with an average overall complication rate of between 7 and 11 percent and a mortality rate between 0.8 and 1.5 percent, depending on safety precautions. Up ...

Scientists from the UK and other European countries have developed a 'virtual liver' in a bid to help doctors evaluate patients for cancer surgery. The work was done in a project called ...

With patient outcomes an increasing driver of quality patient care--and a potential payment indicator in the future--the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recently launched a program that assesses ...

The level of force applied when using a scalpel is known to be an important skill for clinicians. Usually, clinicians must assess the needed level of force by naked eye, using years of experience to ...

Would older adults use an app to assess the safety of their homes before joint replacement surgery, and if so, what might it feature? Researchers conducted a feasibility study to find out more. Most ...

Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, regional vice president of operations, and Cindy A. King RN, CPHQ, director of clinical, quality and compliance, for Health Inventures share their interpretation ...

Patients across Otago and Southland are already benefiting from faster assessment and earlier treatment, with Dunedin Hospital's new Surgical ...