The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a guidance warning about the dangers of opioid-induced respiratory depression (“OIRD”) and required the following actions be taken: Timely ...

Here are five ways to improve patient experience and ambulatory surgery center operations after surgery. 1. Track post-surgical wound infections. Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations for ...

Patients with a common form of kidney cancer called clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) who have a high risk of ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Anyone who has undergone a major surgery understands the nuances of the road to recovery; big baggy clothes, physical pain, discomfort, mental ...

Nearly 75 percent of hospitalized patients receiving opioids for pain management are not monitored according to hospital guidelines. A study led by University at Buffalo nursing researcher Carla ...

Open heart surgery patients reported better sleep and less severe pain after their operation when they inhaled peppermint essence, a small clinical trial suggested. Among 64 patients who underwent ...

A major new study, led by Queen Mary University of London has been published in The Lancet Public Health. It found that out ...