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Compared to the third quarter of 2016, the fourth quarter had the same percentage of normothermia rates in ASCs, according to ASC Quality Collaboration data.

The Cameos of Caring program awarded Kandi Diamond, BSN, RN, the 2017 Cameos of Caring nurse award on May 2, according to Troy Daily News.

Based on a CDC report, the superbug Candida auris is spreading, according to CNN.

The United States has wide gaps in life expectancy based on county, and this gaps show no sign of narrowing, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

An Avalere study found the American Health Care Act will lower Medicaid spending for children by $43 billion over a 10-year period, according to The Hill.

David Niesel, PhD, and Norbert Herzog, PhD, published a blog post in the Huffington Post examining factors driving infectious disease outbreaks.

An analysis found surgeons' surgical hats are not tied to a higher risk for surgical site infection or surgical site occurrences that require procedural intervention, according to General Surgery News.

A study published in BMJ found when older physicians treated inpatients, those patients had a higher 30-day mortality than patients receiving treatment from younger physicians, according to Medscape.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center completed the steel construction phase of its new outpatient center — David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care, according to healthcare design.

Opioid abuse is taking the nation by storm, with some states and U.S. regions experiencing more severe cases than others.