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Pfizer has reported “potentially improper payments” it made outside the U.S. in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The payments in question were made by Pfizer and Wyeth, which…

Ann Hurd, RN, has been named director of nursing at the Advanced Surgery Institute in Santa Rosa, Calif., a Regent Surgical Health partner facility.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published safety labeling changes made prescribing information for 32 products in July.

Michele Gamache, the clinical manager of Pepose Vision Institute in Chesterton, Mo., is a certified ophthalmic assistant.

Scott Walker has been named the new business office manager for Cheyenne (Wyo.) Surgical Center, a Regent Surgical Health partner facility.

The following article is written by Tom Mallon, CEO of Regent Surgical Health.   The question posted in the title of this article is the one all the politicians and pundits are asking this week. Legislators, both republicans and democrats,…

The state and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have settled a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a girl whose leg was amputated due to alleged oversight of developing tissue damage during surgery, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Read the…

Woodstock, Ga., is aiming to ban "pill mills" by making it illegal to prescribe or dispense drugs outside a pharmacy, hospital, surgery center, assisting living facility or hospital-owned outpatient facility, according to a Cherokee Tribune report.

The FDA has released a drug safety communication about reports of serious central nervous system reactions when methylene blue is given to patients taking certain psychiatric medications, according to AORN and the FDA communication.

The global market in pain medications logged $22 billion in sales in 2010, rising at a compound annual growth rate of 8.9 percent since 2005, according to a news release by Reportlinker.