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Here are five ways ambulatory surgery center administrators can approach cost reductions on physician preference items.

San Diego-based CareFusion has been reportedly pursuing the acquisition of rival ICU Medical, based in San Clemente, Calif., according to a San Diego Business Journal report.

Conducting a "time-out" before beginning a surgical procedure is essential for preventing wrong-site, wrong-side, wrong-procedure or wrong-person surgery. Time-outs are short meetings with the entire operating team immediately before an incision to verify the patient's identity, the procedure and the…

The effect of health IT on patient safety and quality is an important question that researchers and providers continue to study, and is the subject of HHS' recently released Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan.

Columbus-based OhioHealth announced that Bernard Nowacki, MD, has joined OhioHealth Marion Area Physicians.

The global total shoulder replacement market will hit $959 million by 2019, according to a report from GlobalData, a research and consulting firm.

The Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition offers a free nutrition care model and toolkit to improve patient outcomes and prevent avoidable readmissions through better nutritional support of patients.

Pain Specialists of Charleston (S.C.) announced that it has added Walter Schuyler, MD, to its medical staff.

Gloves were used inappropriately 42 percent of the time in six hospital wards, according to a study in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' recommendations for safe injections and drug diversion prevention, which it developed in response to a hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter (N.H.) Hospital last year, could trigger a national discussion on safe…