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Neurologist Calls Pain Clinics Modern Day Opium Dens

Vincent Fortanasce, MD, neurologist and author of End Back & Neck Pain, said that medications — especially opiates — are overprescribed for chronic pain, said a news release.

Neurosurgeon Fixes Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain With Piece of Felt

Dong Kim, MD, a neurosurgeon at Memorial Hermann Hospital and UT Health, used a piece of felt to cushion a patient's trigeminal nerve, according to an ABC News report.

HMO Targets Overprescription of Opioids

Group Health in Seattle has developed a plan to curb overpresciption of opioids that focuses on physician-patient communication rather than prosecution, a Pain Medicine News report said.

Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary to Pay $85M for Misbranding Heart Drug

Fremont, Calif.-based Scios, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has pleaded guilty to misbranding its heart failure drug Natrecor and will pay an $85 million criminal fine, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Scios admitted that…

Texas Hospitals Sending Nurses Back to School to Improve Patient Care

Texas hospitals are partnering to launch an initiative designed to provide hospital nurses with higher education, according to a NewsWest 9 report.

California Nurses Assn Files Complaint Alleging Sutter Imposed Illegal Lockout

The California Nurses Association has accused Sutter Health, based in Sacramento, of conducting an illegal lockout following a one-day strike last month.

Commission: All Oregon Hospital Now Participating in Voluntary Reporting Program

All 58 of Oregon’s community hospitals are now participating in a voluntary hospital reporting program spearheaded by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

Elective General Surgery Comparably Safe Regardless of Time, Day, Month

Elective surgery appears to be comparably safe at any time of the workday or workweek and in any month of the year, according to a study published in the Oct. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Study: Worst Hospitals Treat Twice As Many Minorities, Poor Patients As Best Hospitals

The nation’s 178 "worst" hospitals — the lowest-quality, highest-cost institutions — care for more than twice the proportion of elderly minority and poor patients as the nation's 122 "best" hospitals where costs are lowest and quality highest, according to a…

FDA Grants NIPTE $35 Million to Reform Drug Manufacturing Process

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education a grant worth up to $35 million over the next five years to improve drug manufacturing standards, according to a news release.