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Researchers evaluated hospital discharges with a primary surgical site infection diagnoses from 1998 to 2001 to assess whether warmer weather impacted SSI risk, according to Cambridge Core.

According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2016 Census, 35 percent of orthopedic surgeons are in a private practice group.

The FDA is requiring drug manufacturers to provide and pay for physicians' training relating to immediate-release opioids, Medscape reports.

As controversy around concurrent surgeries continues to brew, The Washington Post ran a Kaiser Health News story breaking down concurrent surgeries.

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians issued 17 updated guidelines for physicians when prescribing opioids for noncancer pain patients, according to Medscape.

Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Washington Hospital Center admitted Majority Whip Steve Scalise into the intensive care unit after the representative contracted an infection, according to The New York Times.

Becker's 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine took place in Chicago June 22-24. During the meeting, Jeffrey Simmons, chief development officer of Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health, and Pierce Nunley, MD, director…

New research, from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, claims multiple recurrent Clostridium difficile infection rates have rapidly increased.

President Donald Trump nominated Jerome Adams, MD, to be the next surgeon general, according to USA Today.

Here are the top articles on Becker's ASC Review during the week of June 26 to June 30.