ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research by Option Care Enterprises, Inc. (“Option Care”), the nation’s leading provider of home and alternate site infusion therapy services, suggests the method ...

Original Medicare provides coverage for IV infusion therapy when a doctor determines it to be medically necessary, both in a clinic setting and at home. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans need to offer ...

Extended infusion of beta-lactam therapy was associated with reduced mortality in patients with severe gram-negative bloodstream infections, according to a retrospective cohort study. At 90 days, 22% ...

Uninsured patients can be trained to safely and efficiently self-administer long-term intravenous antibiotics, physicians have found, a result that may have profound implications for patient treatment ...

A factor that could have affected the findings of this meta-analysis is that the total dosage of the antibiotic administered differed between the two treatment groups in most of the studies.

All too often, uninsured patients end up with hospital long stays just to receive weeks of antibiotic treatment. But a new study indicates that self-administering of intravenous antibiotics outside ...

What Is Infusion for Ulcerative Colitis? If your doctor has recommended infusion therapy, this is probably because standard treatment hasn’t helped relieve symptoms caused by moderate-to-severe ...

The authors sought to study whether extended or continuous infusion of cephalosporins is associated with better clinical outcomes than short-term infusion. PubMed and Scopus databases were ...