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Wayne State University's College of Nursing has received a three-year, $1,078,000 award from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to study the management of cancer pain in African Americans, according to a university news release.

Patients who take daily doses of opioids for nonmalignant pain are at higher risk of opioid-related mortality, especially if daily doses exceed clinically recommended thresholds, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Health Inventures is a 16-year-old, privately held consulting and services company based near Boulder, Col.

Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) focuses on surgery centers, surgical hospitals and hospital system partnerships. A new leadership team has helped to transform the company during the past three years by developing a culture focused on patient care and physicians, hiring…

A test designed to quickly detect the genetic fingerprint of Clostridium difficile bacterial infection has been approved by the FDA, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Frank Farmer, MD, Florida's Surgeon General, signed a final order last Friday that allows for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to move forward with implementation, according to a release from the Florida Society of Pain Management Providers.

Endo Pharmaceuticals will acquire American Medical Systems for $2.9 billion, which includes a $312 million payment of AMS debt, according to an Endo news release.

San Francisco Surgery Center became the first ambulatory surgery center to offer MAKOplasty, a robotic arm-guided system for aiding in minimally invasive surgical treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee, according to a company news release.

Intercell AG and Merck & Co. have been advised to halt patient enrollment in a test of a vaccine that would prevent infection caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

An internal CMS memo obtained by the Hill provides some unusually frank answers to "sensitive or controversial" questions that might be asked about the proposed regulations for accountable care organizations released on March 31.