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QSE Technologies recently hosted a seminar in Denver on cyber security, according to a report in The Villager (pdf).

Provista, a supply chain improvement company, has announced it has signed an agreement with American Outcomes Management (AOM), a provider for home infusion services, according to a Provista news release.

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides two free, downloadable posters providing information on the use of personal protective equipment to help prevent influenza.

The past 20 years of pain management treatment have focused on prescribing more — and often stronger — pain medication. However, there has been a return to the biopsychosocial method of pain management that John Bonica, MD, developed in the…

Pneumonia — not deep incision surgical site infections — is the most common serious infection after heart surgery, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011.

A new study found people with two or more microvascular changes in the retina were 45 percent more likely to develop an inability to perform activities of daily living, according to findings published in the Archives of Ophthalmology.

One of the challenges ambulatory surgery centers face in infection control is learning to maintain proper infection control practices without decreasing productivity or efficiency. Many infection control violations may occur because people think they do not have enough time to…

Malpractice lawsuits against U.S. surgeons can lead to emotional exhaustion, stress and professional dissatisfaction, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The FDA opened a comment period on its device reclassification process yesterday, according to a MassDevice report.

The Global Harmonization Task Force issued a guidance that provides 17 rules for device classification, according to a MassDevice report.