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The Tennessee Medical Association and Tennessee Medical Education Fund are offering new leadership training programs for physicians and healthcare companies, according to The Chattanoogan.com.

Pharmaceutical companies around the world signed the Declaration on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance to address the pressing issue of drug-resistant infections, according to PharmExec.com.

Morningstar analysts gave Tenet Healthcare shares a "B" credit rating, according to Corvus Business.

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found, in rare instances, a link between the chickenpox, shingles vaccine and corneal inflammation, according to Infection Control Today.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is incentivising innovators to create a national patient identifier through a $1 million award, according to MedCity News.

University of California San Francisco and Stanford (Calif.) researchers analyzed the use of CT scans for minor injuries.

The first generation of HIV medicine-trained physicians is now retiring, resulting in a shortage, according to Los Angeles Times.

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety named Mark V. Williams, MD, to the advisory board.

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program recognized Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital for its excellent surgical patient outcomes in 2014, according to Mountain Xpress.

In a paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued advice for prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections in adults.