Author: Staff

Here are 10 pain management physicians recently moving to new practices or facilities, developing new products, receiving awards or accomplishing other feats in the field of pain management.

Healthcare facilities need to implement infection control and prevention measures after extensive flooding, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology reported by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Experts identified 10 symptoms colorectal surgery patients should notify their physician about post-discharge in a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The accuracy of quality measures reported from an electronic health record varies widely, threatening the validity of electronic reporting, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will perform surgery on Minnesota Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn, according to a Star Tribune report.

Here are 10 pain centers that were opened, acquired or expanded in the last six months, according to various reports.

Kenneth Stephenson, MD, has been appointed to the board of trustees for Lubbock Christian University, according to an Avalanche-Journal report.

Here are 30 statistics on pain management in surgery centers, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

The North Carolina Eye Bank has donated $1 million to the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

Ophthalmologist J. William Harbour, MD, has identified a new genetic marker for determining the virulence of ocular melanomas, according to a news release.