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At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Thomas J. Stallings will give a presentation titled "The Ins and Outs of Medical Staff Credentialing."

  Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for August 8, 2013.

The Minnesota-based Collaborative Healthcare-Associated Infection Network offers a free "Road Map to a Comprehensive Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Program."

Monitoring hand hygiene automatically with ultrasound is a valid measure of compliance compared with manual audits, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Verbal abuse of nurses by physicians is tied to a negative work environment, according to a study in Nursing Outlook.

The North American Spine Society announced that it is trying to raise money for their Annual Meeting's host community — Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport, La.

Angela Talton, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CPC, CPC-H, Senior Vice President of Coding at National Medical Billing Services, will give a presentation at the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago.

Arthur Grigorian, MD, a neurosurgeon, is a 2012 recipient of Armenia's Presidential Award, according to a report by The Armenian Reporter.

Williamsport, Pa.-based Susquehanna Health announced that its Williamsport Regional Medical Center has been named a Blue Distinction Center+ for spine surgery by Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

A report from the National Health Foundation announced that Patient Safety First, a three year campaign run by a collaborative of Calif. hospitals, saved more than $60 million and prevented more than 3,500 deaths through healthcare-associated infection reduction.  Read the…