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A pair of Miami-Dade doctors — orthopedic surgeon Lawrence Alexander and chiropractor Dean Zusmer — were found guilty Monday of participating in a network of medical equipment companies that ...
RateMDs.com is a free website allowing users to submit and read reviews of doctors, dentists, psychologists, urgent care centers, group practices, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Founded in 2004, it has gained popularity as a platform for patients to research and share their experiences about healthcare providers.
The company was established as a division of E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. in 1978 [4] and acquired by Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners in 2008. [4] In 2008 merged with Unomedical (with headquarters in Denmark), a manufacturer of single-use medical devices, [5] and 180 Medical, a catheter manufacturer, in 2012. [6]
Healthgrades evaluates hospitals solely on risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications. [17] Its website evaluates roughly 500 million claims from federal and private reviews and data to rate and rank doctors based on complication rates at the hospitals where they practice, experience, and patient satisfaction. [8]
In 2017, DJO Global became embroiled in a controversy surrounding the potential mishandling of patient information. It was revealed that individuals who had received a DJO Global product while being treated at the Siena, San Martin, or De Lima campuses of St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, between July 17, 2017, and October 16, 2017, might have encountered issues with their ...
It is often referred to as "durable" medical equipment (DME) as it is intended to withstand repeated use by non-professionals or the patient, and is appropriate for use in the home. Medical supplies of an expendable nature, such as bandages, rubber gloves and irrigating kits are not considered by Medicare to be DME.
Springhill Medical Center is a 270-bed acute care hospital located in Mobile, Alabama. Accredited by The Joint Commission, SMC has been an established healthcare institution in the Mobile community for more than four decades.
The company was founded in 1897 in New York City by Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson.It later moved its headquarters to New Jersey. In 2004, BD agreed to pay out US$100 million to settle allegations from competitor Retractable Technologies that it had engaged in anti-competitive behavior to prevent the distribution of Retractable's syringes, which are designed to prevent needlestick ...