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The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria outlines steps for implementing the National Strategy on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, and APIC applauds the plan, which focuses on the demand and supply sides of the antibiotic resistance problem, as well as…

Healthcare stocks saw an overall increase of 0.2 percent on Monday, April 6, according to an Investor Place report.

Surgical decompression and a physician therapy regimen had similar effects among patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The big players in healthcare right now are all talking about population health — but is it really being implemented across the country? Or is the ideal too good for reality?

Press Ganey, a healthcare research firm, has filed an initial public offering of common stock, according to a Reuters report.

Electronic health records are revolutionizing health care delivery at hospitals and physician offices. Now ambulatory surgery centers are seeing the benefits of EHR technology and are searching for the appropriate technology for their site. This won’t be an easy road…

The Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., has acquired the $90,000 Tru-D SmartUVC robot, becoming the first hospital in the state to use a Tru-D robot, which uses ultraviolet light to kill harmful germs, reports the New Hampshire Union Leader.

The healthcare industry added 22,300 jobs in March 2015, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report.

A new website provides parents and children with individualized information and support to help lower anxiety before pediatric outpatient surgery, according to a two articles in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Raj and Chakri Toleti have founded the new company HealthGrid, which aims to improve communication of patient data between patients and care providers.