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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).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a free, downloadable checklist to help improve compliance to safe injection practices.

Consumers Union urged House and Senate leaders today to adopt a number of provisions from the Senate's FDA User Fee Act that are designed to better protect patients from potentially dangerous medical devices than the version passed by the House.

The introduction of mandatory quality reporting for ambulatory surgery centers is expected to cause "major changes in the ASC marketplace," according to a HealthLeaders Media report.

In 2011, national healthcare expenditures only grew 3.9 percent due to the continued economic slog, which is similar to 2010, and the total 2011 national healthcare expenditure figure was $2.7 trillion compared with $2.59 trillion in 2010, according to CMS…

Here are 11 ambulatory surgery centers where physicians perform total joint replacements.

About Surgical Care AffiliatesSurgical Care Affiliates was created in 2007 and since then has become a leader in outpatient surgery. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, SCA operates a national network of ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals in 32 states. We…