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Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is seeking administrators in a number of locations.

Provista, a supply chain improvement company, has announced Russell Hall, vice president of operations for the company, will be speaking at the Physician Hospitals of America Annual Conference taking place from Sept. 21-23 in Keystone, Colo., according to a Provista…

The inaugural meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery is scheduled for Nov. 3 in Chicago.

Surgery may be a better option than laser treatment for varicose veins, according to an IB Times report.

Surgical Notes and National Medical Billing Services have been announced as sponsors the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's Winter Coding Seminar in Las Vegas in December.

Patients generally support the presence of surgical trainees during procedures but are less supportive when confronted with more personalized scenarios, according to research reported by MedPageToday.

Three federal Transportation Security Administration officers have been charged with taking bribes to help smuggle oxycodone through airports in Florida and New York, according to a WFLX Channel 29 report.

Individualized care plans, safe administration of pain drugs and appropriate monitoring practices can avert serious adverse events from opioid drugs for chronic pain patients, such as unintentional sedation and respiratory depression, according to a Pain Management Nursing report.

Gene therapy shows safety and efficacy for Leber congenital amaurosis, a retina disease that is an inherited form of blindness, according to a Penn Medicine news release.

The hypodermic needle, which has not changed much since its invention in 1853, is undergoing several complete design makeovers to make injections less painful, according to a PopSci report.