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The Colorado's Workers' Compensation Division is considering new pain management guidelines to reduce the number of injured workers addicted to pain medications, according to a Law Firm of Janice M. Greening news release.

Zubin Bhesania, MD, and Anthony W. Boutt, MD, have joined the Michigan Bariatric Institute at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System's Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., according to a SJMHS news release.

Negotiating supply costs with vendors can be a frustrating experience for surgery center administrators, but knowing how to negotiate, when to negotiate and when to walk away can make the interaction better — and help a center save money.

St. Louis Surgical Center in Creve Coeur, Mo., has been acquired by investment trust Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT for $8.47 million, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report (subscription required for full access).

The New York Department of Health has approved development of a new surgery center in Buffalo, N.Y., according to a Buffalo Business First report.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published safety labeling changes made prescribing information for 40 products in December.

The following article appeared in the January 2012 issue of Connection, the e-newsletter from the AAAHC. Q. Where can I find handwashing education specifically geared to physicians? We have a good program but some of our providers, and staff, too,…

The Office of Healthcare Quality and the HHS Partnership for Patients have announced the launch of a new infection prevention campaign for families and cargegivers.

The Office of Healthcare Quality and the HHS Partnership for Patients provide four free, downloadable tools as part of the "WAVE" campaign to help families and caregivers prevent healthcare-associated infections.

A new study found a high dose of the opiate remifentanil essentially reset nerve signals that caused chronic pain in rats, according to findings published in Science and reported in Nature.