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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.

Biopharmaceutical onboarding and device training company Noble conducted a study showing how prefilled syringe device training decreased patient anxiety.

Opioid use is a pervasive problem and many Americans abuse and misuse these prescription medications daily. Medscape published a study's findings analyzing the number of patients reporting they had unused opioids.

Here are fall rates for the 50 U.S. states in 2015, ranked from highest to lowest, according to rankings listed on CMS' Hospital Compare website.

Here are seven updates for leaders to know:

Under the proposed Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, Medicare participating hospitals would be required to establish and publicly report unit-by-unit staffing plans, according to American Nurses Association.

Adverse event reporting is quintessential to building a safety culture.