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The average salary for full-time quality professionals in the United States increased nearly 2 percent in 2011 over the average salary in 2010, according to an ASQ news release.

General Electric Co. has announced plans to create a joint venture between its healthcare IT business and Microsoft Corp. aimed at developing and marketing an open, interoperable technology platform and clinical applications focused on population health management intended to improve…

David Caraway MD, PhD, pain management specialist and board member for the North American Neuromodulation Society, talks about five concepts that will be discussed at the 2011 North American Neuromodulation Society Meeting in Las Vegas this week.

Often seen as a cosmetic procedure, a new study found upper blepharoplasty and blepharoptosis repair result in significant improvements in vision, peripheral vision and quality of life activities according to findings published in Ophthalmology.

LifeScience Alley, the trade group for Minnesota medtech firms, signed a memorandum of understanding with the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health to develop clearer and faster procedures for the FDA's review of medical devices, according to a Minnesota…

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) introduced a bill that would change the way medical device companies apply for 'de novo' status, the FDA's fast-tracking a program, according to a MassDevice report.

Spinal Modulation, an international medical device company, has received the CE Mark for its Spinal Modulation Neurostimulator System for the management of chronic intractable pain, according to a news release.

The FDA approved Boston Scientific's Infinion 16 Percutaneous Lead for its Precision Plus Spinal Cord Stimulator system, according to a news release.

A nationwide survey conducted by the University of Michigan Health System and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System shows few hospitals are aggressively combating the most common infection — catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

A day committed to training new hires on customer service is one of several reasons University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City has dramatically improved patient satisfaction since 1999, according to a Kansas City Star report.