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Jim Fitzgerald will retire from his senior executive roles at hospital chain HCA Healthcare on May 31, according to a report from The Tennessean.

The FDA has reached a $1 million civil money penalty settlement with Globus Medical Inc. for the distribution of unapproved medical devices, according to an FDA news release.

Otolaryngologist R.J. Legreid II, MD, has joined the ENT department of BayCare Clinic in Green Bay, Wis., according to a news release from BayCare Clinic.

Researchers say that pain patients taking long term, high doses of opioids should be screened for hormonal abnormalities, according to a report in Medpage Today.

Researchers in Switzerland are developing a "bar code" allowing physicians to measure a patient’s pain level using scientific data, according to American News Report.

Femtosecond laser for capsulotomy has better accuracy and precision than standard continuous curvilinear circular capsolurhexis techniques, according to a study presented at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2012 and reported in Medscape.

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority offers a free, downloadable sample policy on telephone and verbal orders to reduce errors associated with miscommunication.

Consumers Advancing Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable toolkit, designed to guide healthcare providers through improving medical reconciliation in outpatient settings.

The Patient Safety Authority in Harrisburg, Pa., offers a free, downloadable poster organizations can use to help prevent bed rain entrapment.

ArjoHuntleigh, a member of the Getinge AB Group and a provider of healthcare and life sciences equipment, has announced it has been awarded a three-year national contract with Amerinet Choice, the private-label and sourcing company of Amerinet, a national healthcare…