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To address the top 10 safety issues identified by perioperative nurses in a 2012 survey of members of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, two healthcare professionals offered evidence-based strategies in an AORN Journal article.

The American Medical Association has announced that Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, will serve as the 168th president of the association.

By Holly Carnell, JD, and Meggan Bushee, JD, Attorneys at McGuireWoods.   Significant changes have been made to the privacy and security obligations of providers with respect to patients’ protected health information with the release of the Omnibus Final Rule…

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Healthcents President and CEO Steve Selbst gave a presentation titled "Vendor Market Intelligence — An Industry Overview of ASCs."  

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush announced that Brian Cole, MD, head team physician for the Chicago Bulls and co-team physician for the Chicago White Sox, headed to Kenya June 8 for a medical mission trip.

Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine announced that it will soon break ground on an expansion to its Summit Woods location in Sharonsville, Ohio, according to a FOX 19 report.

Advanced Pain Management in Santa Monica, Calif., announced that it has joined the California Pain Network.

Standard practices for tracking the daily number of patients with urinary catheters in a hospital may be inaccurate, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Hospitals that mandated influenza vaccinations for healthcare workers and terminated employees for noncompliance increased vaccination rates an estimated 12.8 percentage points compared with their rates before this policy, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Center Valley, Pa.-based Aesculap Implant Systems has introduced its CeSpace Interbody System for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures.