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The Food and Drug Administration has announced its proposal to create a unique device identification (UDI) system for medical devices, which will impact both suppliers and providers. The rule itself has its genesis in a report from 1999 stating that…

The American Hospital Association's Health Research and Educational Trust offers a free cultural competence self-assessment developed by Dennis Andrulis and colleagues.

Hospitalists reported that unsafe patient loads led to poorer quality of care, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, formerly Archives of Internal Medicine.

The U.S. health system needs to make prevention a higher priority to lower costs and improve health, according to a new report by Trust for America's Health.

Columbus (Ga.) State University is inducting Champ Baker Jr., MD, into the Hall of Fame, according to a Ledger Enquirer report.

St. Luke's Hospital—Miner's Campus in Coaldale, Pa., announced plans to open a new medical center in Tamaqua featuring outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine.

A six-physician practice in central Georgia, is searching for a board certified or board eligible spine surgeon to join the practice, where one of the current spine surgeons is retiring.

A thriving spine and pain institute in Illinois is looking for a board certified or board eligible spine surgeon.

One of the most crucial — and often most challenging — steps in changing hospital processes is gaining buy-in from physicians and staff. For changes in areas such as information technology, the revenue cycle or governance, hospitals often have difficulty…

Medtronic has launched a study of its neurostimulation therapy device to optimal medical management along for the treatment of failed back surgery syndrome and low back pain.