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The Joint Commission revised several of its emergency management standards to better reflect changes CMS made to its Emergency Management Final Rule.

A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report found a good number of healthcare employees treat patients when they are ill, according to American Council on Science and Health.

Hartford, Conn.-based St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a 617-bed teaching hospital, and orthopedic surgeon group Lighthouse Surgery Holdings filed a certificate of need to build an orthopedic and pain ASC, according to Hartford Business.

CMS introduced several new quality measure initiatives called Meaningful Measures, healthcareITnews reports.

Healthcare-acquired infections often put patients' lives at risk, with surgical site infections ranking among the most common type of HAIs.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement update concerning infection prevention and control in pediatric ambulatory settings, Clinical Advisor reports.

A Cunningham Group infographic listed the following six states that accounted for 51.4 percent of medical malpractice payments in 2012.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists conducted a study examining hip and knee replacement patients' opioid use and found prescriptions have decreased by 33 percent between 2006 and 2014.

The Colorado Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Committee selected Pinnacle III Director of Operations and Peak One Surgery Center Administrator Michaela Halcomb, RN, BSN, as the committee's ASC representative.

Here are 72 ASC staffing statistics broken down by region of the country, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017. The statistics cover the average number of full-time employees, staff hours per case and hourly wages.