The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert for opioid overuse consequences and urged hospitals to take measures to avoid patient complications and death, according to The Hospitalist.
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit, according to the Boston Globe.
Researchers have discovered that acupuncture analgesia may active the sympathetic nervous system for pain suffers, according to News-Medical.
The global market for brain monitoring devices was valued at $1.08 billion in 2012 and is expected to grow to $1.63 billion, up 8.6 percent, by 2017.
Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth has acquired Emergency Physicians Professional Association and Valley Emergency Physicians.
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Spokane, Wash.-based Providence Medical Group has acquired two anesthesia groups and will combine them into a new unit, according to the Spokesman-Review.
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Researchers may have found a link between exercise and decreased diabetic neuropathic pain in rats, according to Anesthesia-Analgesia.
Two Chattanooga medical practices merged with larger companies recently, following national trends of medical consolidation to survive healthcare changes, according to the Times Free Press.
The Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center board of trustees elected several new members, including anesthesiologist Guy Taylor, MD, according to the Independent Press.