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Patients have an important part to play in increasing hand-hygiene compliance rates among providers, as found in a study conducted by Morgantown-based West Virginia University School of Medicine, according to Science Daily.

Physicians who underwent training from lowly ranked U.S. medical schools write more opioid prescriptions than physicians with training from highly ranked schools, News-Medical Life Sciences reported.

The Joint Commission and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a toolkit aimed at helping ASCs adhere to national patient safety goals.

Stanford (Calif.) University and Takeda Pharmaceuticals entered into a research-based partnership.

Here are the 25 U.S. states with the highest ASC hospital transfer/admission rates for 2015, ranked from highest to lowest, according to rankings listed on CMS' Hospital Compare website.

James Lynch, MD, and John Anson, MD, were the first physicians to use Life Spine's TiBOW MIS TLIF Expandable Spacer System.

Empowered patients may be a nuisance for a handful of physicians and nurses, according to a Medscape poll.

In November 2014, Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas Center for Oral & Facial Surgery had plans to expand into South Carolina, with the aim soon becoming a reality this year, according to Markets Insider.

Across practice settings, hospitals typically pay specialists the most, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2017 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Incentives.

PracticeMatch 2017 released a new physician compensation survey, including results from 1,959 physicians reporting in June 2017.