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The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation released a video about irritable bowel syndrome.

Physicians in the emergency department are most likely to interrupt one task to perform another while ward doctors are most likely to perform two tasks simultaneously, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety.

Paris and San Francisco-based SpineGuard reported a net loss of $1.65 million for the last six months of 2013, a $300,000 improvement over the same period last year.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker reported net earnings of $103 million for the third quarter, which is down dramatically from $353 million during the same period last year.

The following are the 10 most-read patient safety tools from Oct. 14 to Oct. 18, 2013, beginning with the most-read.

Arthur W. Devine, Jr., MD, an urologist with the Physicians Clinic of Iowa, recently wrote a letter to the editor published in The Gazette, which focuses on the cost savings the Surgery Center of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) has generated for…

The National Council on Patient Information and Education has released an updated report on the state of medication adherence in the United States. The report includes a discussion of the problems both surrounding medication adherence and the rise in medication…

Though surgical safety checklists may be completed in 85 percent of surgeries, they are accurate only 50 percent of the time, according to an article published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Inconsistent methodology and poor reporting of steps for quality improvement in studies on improving antibiotic prophylaxis compliance to curb surgical site infections are major contributors to slow progress in reducing SSIs, according to an article in the American College of…

Here are six recent leadership moves at ambulatory surgery centers and within the ASC industry.