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Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School researchers found patient-centered perioperative checklists may help surgeons in outpatient settings bolster patient outcomes, surgical quality and patient satisfaction scores, according to General Surgery News.

BMJ Quality & Safety published a study finding acute care hospitals in Europe that substituted nursing assistants for professional nurses resulted in poorer quality of care and higher patient mortality, according to Medscape.

Over the next nine years, the hospital-acquired infection testing market is projected to substantially expand, a Research and Markets Report found.

An AARP survey revealed the burden of America's family caregivers' out-of-pocket costs, according to Kaiser Health News.

The Ohio Department of Health has "stepped up licensure surveys" according to the Ohio Association for Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and released the top 10 citations for ASCs over the past year.

Pennsylvania-based Biocompatibles, pled guilty to misbranding its LC Bead device used in treating liver cancer.

HHS Office of Inspector General, the agency's watchdog arm, said it will begin investigating concerns over prescription medicine and its high prices, according to STAT.

The global pain therapeutics market is projected to expand through 2025, a Research and Markets report found.

As part of the "Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees Trial," U.S. general surgery residents reported their preferences on work hours.

The Patient Support Corps introduced the Breast Care Center at the University of California, San Francisco, in hopes of helping patients make more educated medical decisions, according to Harvard Business Review.