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Everyone wants to get more out of their increasingly limited resources we all face today. Using technologies throughout ambulatory surgery centers can help deploy personnel on more productive activities. Many technology solutions are offered by your distributors to help you…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network offers a free, downloadable patient safety monthly reporting plan.

Jack Stewart, MD, a Tacoma, Wash.-based orthopedic surgeon subspecializes in hand surgery, discusses how orthopedic practices can ensure employee satisfaction.

Researchers from the University of Toronto released nine specific recommendations to reduce the risks associated with multiple intravenous infusions in a paper shared at a recent meeting of the AAMI Healthcare Technology Safety Institute.

Duke University School of Nursing, Rutgers College of Nursing and Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will collaborate to train at least 200 nurses over the next two years to be population care coordinators at primary care practices in…

The Measure Applications Partnership has submitted to HHS its final pre-rulemaking report, outlining suggestions on more than 350 measures for physician, hospital and post-acute care/long-term care performance measurement programs.

Scientists with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute are developing an ultrasound technology that detects kidney stones with advanced ultrasound imaging and provides treatment by "pushing" the stone with focused ultrasound, according to a NSBRI news release.

A recent FDA report detailed the 10 deficiencies that caused Novartis to shut down its Lincoln, Neb., manufacturing plant in December 2011, according to a Journal Star report.

The FDA and representatives from the medical device industry have agreed to set the user fees at $595 million over five years, plus adjustments for inflation, according to an FDA news release.

A study found that while engaged in a competing goal, patients were less likely to exhibit pain avoidance behavior, according to findings published in Pain.