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The Business Journal, serving the Greater Triad (N.C.) area, ranks outpatient surgery centers in the area in a new list published in this week's print edition of the publication, according to a Business Journal report.

Novation announced 25 suppliers have been given awards in recognition of their service provided to VHA and UHC members and affiliates at the company's annual Supplier Summit.

Red Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks traveled to Phoenix to undergo emergency surgery to fix an alleged botched spinal decompression surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a Boston Globe report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council issued a new report that showed healthcare-associated infection and mortalities rates decreased from 2009 to 2010. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report.

A suspected norovirus outbreak has led Kaseman Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., to quarantine its skilled nursing rehabilitation unit, according to a KRQE report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Kaseman Presbyterian Hospital.

The House bill to repeal the medical device tax has 228 co-sponsors but has failed to get the support of key members of the Medical Technology Caucus, which was formed to support the medical technology industry, according to a MassDevice…

The 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program offers a free, downloadable poster detailing five steps patient can take to ensure safer healthcare.

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland announced researchers have developed a new way to measure pain based on a patient's movement.

Millennium Laboratories announced it will sponsor two education initiatives aimed at teaching physicians safer opioid prescribing practices and addressing medication-taking behaviors of pain patients at the American Academy of Pain Medicine annual meeting.

Hospitals are purchasing physician practices and employing physicians at some of the highest levels in roughly two decades. Here are the top 25 highest-paid physician specialties, with average salary figures, that were in hospital-owned practices based on the most recent…