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UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., participates in the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program, a five-year pay-for-performance initiative in which California public hospital systems aim to meet benchmarks related to healthcare access, quality and safety outcomes. The program is…

The National Quality Forum's endorsement of a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey measure became effective June 1, according to an American College of Surgeons release.

Oregon hospitals have reported significant decreases in healthcare-acquired infections from 2009 to 2011, according to the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (pdf).

Stanley Plavin, MD, is an anesthesiologist and managing partner of Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta.

Taking anti-inflammatory drugs for normal muscle soreness after exercise has no significant effect on pain reduction and may actually inhibit the recovery process, according to research reported in MedPage Today.

Patients who met a composite measure of both efficacy and gastrointestinal tolerability had better opioid outcomes than patients not meeting the composite criteria, according to a study reported in Pain Medicine News.

The majority of physicians surveyed in a recent PwC study are hesitant to recommend mobile health apps to patients for fear that it will lead to a decrease in office visits, according to an InformationWeek report.

One in seven drug packages stored in physicians' pharmaceutical sample closets is expired, according to a study reported in American Medical News. An estimated $2.2 billion worth of drug samples go to waste each year as a result, researchers said.

Cochlear Americas has announced it has received FDA approval for its Nucleus CI422 with slim straight electrode, according to a news release.

ETView Medical has announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Viva EB line of endobronchial blockers, according to a news release (pdf).