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David W. Kielty, OD, MD, has joined Southcoast Physicians Network in New Bedford, Mass., according to a Southcoast Health System release.

Mayo Clinic's 2011 Transform symposium, challenging healthcare industry representatives from across the country to think differently about healthcare, came up with five key insights, according to an R&D Magazine report.

1. Cataract surgery techniques. Cataract surgeons have adopted several improvements in surgical techniques, says R. Bruce Wallace III, MD, founder and medical director of Wallace Eye Surgery in Alexandria, La., and current president of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society. For…

Spine Surgical Innovation, global marketer and distributor of the Swivel Port System and full line of spine instruments, has added two new torque instruments to the company's portfolio.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has stopped use of its tap water after traces of Legionella were found in it, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The Massachusetts government has published 2010-2011 ambulatory surgical center employee influenza vaccination results (pdf).

Jesseye Arrambide, RN, BSN, CNOR, executive director at Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center and vice president and program chair of the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, shares 10 ways surgery centers can save money on supplies and equipment.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed eight free, downloadable button and sticker designs to help your organization raise flu awareness among your clinical staff and patients.

Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed a new five-year agreement with Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia for the organizations to partner on cost saving and quality enhancement initiatives, according to an Amerinet news release.

Kelly Durian is executive director of the Iowa City Ambulatory Surgery Center, managed by Surgical Management Professionals.