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Spending on physician services grew 4 percent in 2012, making this the third year in a row of growth, according to a Medscape report.

The Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is sponsoring an Emergency Preparedness Summit at Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield, Ore., on Jan. 30.

MEDARVA Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Va., has posted the out-of-pocket costs for its top 25 to 30 surgical procedures on its website.

The implementation of a medical malpractice safe harbor to protect physicians from claims when they follow evidence-based guidelines may be more effective in improving patient safety than reducing malpractice liability, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Researchers looked at a sample of hospitals participating in the American College of Cardiology and Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Hospital to Home Quality Improvement Initiative to find changes in readmission reduction strategy adoption. Their contemporary data was published in JAMA…

More than half of Americans oppose cost-effective research, according to study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examining a public opinion poll by Harvard researchers.

Stryker and NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics America, announced an exclusive partnership agreement in which Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica's BodyTom portable full body CT scanner in conjunction with the Stryker NAV3i Surgical Navigation Platform.  

SchureMed, a medical equipment manufacturer, recently moved into a new 37,000 square-foot office and factory in Abington, Mass., according to a Patriot Ledger report.

Canyon View Surgery Center in Grand Junction, Colo., has selected the AmkaiOffice business administrative software and AmkaiCharts electronic medical record solution.

Surgical and implant management company Access MediQuip has received provisional accreditation in utilization management from URAC.