Nearly one-third of patients said they did not use any of the opioids they were prescribed after surgery, and just 8 percent of patients said they got rid of their remaining opioids, according to a ...

An Ohio man living at a nursing home is now behind bars after police say he strangled a fellow patient to death with a towel. Roscoe Gilmore Jr., 63, was charged with murder and strangulation ...

Medical marijuana patients report sustained improvements in quality of life, according to the results of a recently published study. The study, which was conducted by researchers affiliated with the ...

About the author: Emily Mitchell (PMP) is a senior manager within the Accenture Federal Services Health and Public Service practice. She has more than 16 years of experience providing consulting ...

Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean ...

Beth Cavanaugh, 79, was starting a new medication when she ran into a modern hurdle: Her doctor’s office required all follow-up questions, even those about side effects of the drug, to go through the ...

The following article appeared in the July 2010 issue of Connection, the bi-monthly e-newsletter from the AAAHC.Q: As a Medicare-certified ASC, can the recovery room be used simultaneously for ...