Coronary bypass surgery, a difficult and painful way to repair major damage caused by coronary artery disease, may be on its way out — and it’s a long time coming for researchers like Douglas Losordo, M.D. After all, he’s spent the past 10 years looking into the possibilities of adult stem cell therapy as a viable alternative to the procedure.

Minimally-invasive surgery has proven to be safer, requires a shorter hospital stay and is cosmetically preferred over ...

The drug-eluting stent (DES) market is a multibillion dollar business in the U.S. — and it's estimated that over three ...

Intensive care units are highly dependent on the efficient transfer of physiological data to multiple healthcare providers. In the delivery of healthcare in 2006 there exists a strong rationale for a tight relationship between critical care and information technology (Celi, Hassan, Marquardt, Breslow, & Rosenfeld, 2001).

Blood pressure measurement is a given for patients in the hospital, but for surgical or critically ill patients — in ...

It’s like a never-ending battle — that’s how Lena Napolitano, M.D., describes the recent and sharp rise in nosocomial ...

DAIC: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...