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Becker's 23rd Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs brought ambulatory surgical center (ASC) leaders together with companies that develop services and solutions for the industry.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is offering the nation's first doctor of philosophy degree program in healthcare quality and patient safety, according to Medical Xpress.

Atlanta-based Medovex Corp. appointed Jill Schweiger the new senior vice president of regulatory, clinical and quality.

Nature Human Behavior published a study finding that higher levels of gender equality correlated with lower pathogen loads, according to The Washington Post.

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.