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The Pain Management Group in Findlay, Ohio, has agreed to a joint venture with Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio, according to a release by the Pain Management Group.

A new study shows group purchasing organizations lower overall purchasing costs for U.S. hospitals and other providers, particularly small ones, according to a release by the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association.

AmkaiSolutions, a provider of electronic solutions to surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and practices and clinics, has announced development for HIPAA 5010 transaction standards have been completed and are currently being tested with clearinghouses and payors.

Boston Scientific is voluntarily recalling its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters used in intravascular ultrasound imaging in patients who are candidates for transluminal coronary interventional procedures, according to a release from the company.

An investigation by St. Cloud (Minn.) Hospital and the Minnesota Department of Health found a nurse's improper conduct led to an outbreak of bloodstream bacterial infections among 23 patients, according to a hospital news release.

A positive patient experience drives patient compliance and use of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, according to research conducted by Cambridge Consultants.

A now-deceased patient's nephrologist is filing a formal complaint with state regulators, blaming a hospitalist employed by Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. for his patient's death, according to a Tampa Bay Times news report.

A Houston physician has been convicted of conspiracy, 14 counts of healthcare fraud and three counts of mail fraud, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Christina Clardy, MD, worked at a Houston clinic that overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by $45…

Peggy SaBell, RN, MS, CIC, regional director of infection prevention for Kaiser Permanente in Denver, Colo., and spokesperson for the Association for Prevention in Infection Control, shares six ways surgery centers can reduce surgical site infections.

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