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The Food and Drug Administration has released its final rule requiring most medical devices distributed in the United States to include a unique device identifier, according to a report from Premier Safety Institute.

As many as 100 percent of surgical site infections go unreported when patients are readmitted at different hospitals than the ones at which they received surgery, according to an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Read the full article on…

Differences between prescribers' notes and e-prescriptions as well as between e-prescriptions and pharmacy labels are equally prevalent, according to an article published in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety.

HCA announced William B. Rutherford will become CFO and Executive Vice President of the company beginning Jan. 1, 2014.

The Memphis Business Journal recently reported on the most common outpatient surgeries in the city.

Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York's Roy G. Geronemus, MD, received and award from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

  8 Strategies for Smart ASC Physician Investors to Prepare for the Future Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America CEO Luke Lambert talks about eight strategies successful ambulatory surgery center physician investors are considering to prepare for the future.Click to continue » Rising…

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers complimentary resources designed to help healthcare facilities eliminate healthcare-acquired infections.

Clinicians at New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center reduced central-line associated bloodstream infections by 48 percent and bloodstream bacteria by 54 percent in outpatient pediatric chemotherapy patients by using Centers for Disease Control central line maintenance practices.

Guest blogger George Mills, director of the department of engineering at The Joint Commission, recently shared 10 ways for healthcare providers to help prevent home care fires in a post on The Joint Commission's home care blog, "@ Home with…