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SourceMedical Solutions has been named to Healthcare Informatics' list of the "top 100" healthcare information technology companies, according to a company release.

Becker's ASC Review queried a number of ambulatory surgery center physicians, administrators and company executives asking them to make predictions pertaining to the immediate, short- and long-term future of ASCs and the ASC industry. These predictions could apply to any…

A trial began yesterday for a physician from Baton Rouge, La., and three other men accused of stealing $2.5 million from Medicare, according to an Advocate report. Sofjan M. Lamid, MD, allegedly wrote prescriptions for durable medical equipment for hundreds…

More than half the people who take opioids for chronic pain are likely to still be taking them five years later, according to a release by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Brandon Chapman, MD, has opened Lexington ENT — Head and Neck Surgical Procedure in Lexington, Ky., according to a Lexington Dispatch report.

A new liquid composite of biological and synthetic molecules under development could be used to restore damaged soft tissue, according to a release by Johns Hopkins University.

Spending on glaucoma medications increased 25 percent over a six-year period from 2001-2006, according to a report by MedPage Today.

The FDA has begun to ask for public comment on the Institute of Medicine's recommendations to overhaul the 510(k) approval process for medical devices, according to an FDA release.

People who experience anxiety or other adversities in childhood are at increased risk for chronic pain in adulthood, according to a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Kerry Solomon, MD, is a practicing cataract and LASIK surgeon at Physicians' Eye Surgery Center in Charleston, S.C.