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Here are 15 statistics on the percentage of total cases represented by pain management volume in surgery centers, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

In a session at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 18, Alan Sager, PhD, professor of health and policy management at Boston University School of Public Health, discussed thoughts on the future success of healthcare reform.

Stephen Rosenbaum is the CEO of Interventional Management Services, a company specializing in the development and management of single-specialty, multi-specialty and hospital joint-venture facilities. He brings more than 20 years of healthcare experience to IMS.

In a study of orthopedic residents at two of Harvard's hospitals, 27 percent said they were impaired by lack of sleep, according to a study in the May 21 issue of the Archives of Surgery and reported in MedPage Today.

The Cheyenne Eye Clinic has added a new femtosecond laser to assist in LASIK eye surgery, according to a Laser Focus World report.

Stormont-Vail Healthcare has become the sole owner of ExcellENT Surgery Center in Topeka, Kan., according to a Capital-Journal report.

Here are four tips on surgery center infection control from industry experts.

Accountable care organizations will have a positive influence on the quality of pain care across the country, according to a News-Medical report covering the American Pain Society's annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Daniel Carr, MD, of Tufts University in Boston,…

The American Pain Society last week honored the recipients of its sixth-annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards, which recognize outstanding pain care centers throughout the country.

Recent statistics revealing that physician tablet use has doubled may have fewer implications on the practice of healthcare than initially thought, according to a FierceHealthIT editorial.