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A pain researcher at St. Louis University has received a grant to research a way to stop pain during chemotherapy treatments, according to an STL Today report.

Widespread access to and advances in mobile technology, electronic health records and clinical decision support systems lead the list have triggered a surge in telemedicine tools, according to an InformationWeek report.

Physician assistants and nurses are urging Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a bill that would label them as providers and increase their scope of responsibility, according to a WWLP News report.

Here is a selection of recent studies focused on physician and nurse recruitment, electronic medical records and healthcare employment.

Allan Fine is the senior vice president and chief strategy and operations officer at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, a non-profit hospital specializing in ophthalmology, otolaryngology/ head and neck surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. Mr. Fine has…

RAND Health offers a free, downloadable patient satisfaction questionnaire and accompanying scoring instructions.

This conference includes great spine, orthopedic and pain management physician leaders as speakers. These include speakers such as Charles Gordon, MD, of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital; David Rothbart, MD, of Spine Team Texas; Richard Wohns, MD, of South Sound…

According to a recent Medscape survey, approximately one-third of physicians rate themselves a 5 on a 1-5 scale of happiness, with 1 representing the least happy and 5 representing the most.

Ambulatory surgery center operator AmSurg is searching for larger headquarters, after rapid expansion in recent years through a series of acquisitions, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.

Led by research from surgery center director Matt Cooper, the Spencer (Iowa) Hospital Board of Trustees has approved a four-year, $306,500 lease agreement with Stryker Endoscopy to replace current laparoscopic and arthroscopic equipment with the latest technology, according to a…