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Healthcare decision aids, which provide patients with evidence-based healthcare information, can support shared decision-making and decrease variation in care, according to a commentary in the Learning Health System Commentary Series of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven…

Vishal Lal is the CEO of Advanced Pain Management, a Chicago-based company that focuses on providing the healthcare industry with minimally invasive treatments for several pain disorders.  

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "Moving Spine Procedures to ASCs – Key Business and Clinical Issues."

A new study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that the number of authors on an original research article has increased significantly over the past 60 years.

AmkaiSolutions has developed an electronic pre-use checklist for the updated certificate of medical necessity program for the Stryker Neptune waste management system.

Dale Klein, MD, has joined Performance Plus in St. Joseph, Mo., according to a St. Joe Channel report.

Wilford K. Gibson, MD, was named chair of the board of councilors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons at the AAOS Annual Meeting in Chicago, according to an AAOS News Now report.

Glen Gaebe, MD, has joined the medical staff at Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center, according to a report by The Milford Daily News.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first released formal written guidelines on handwashing in hospitals in 1975. The idea that washing one's hands reduces the risk of infection has been around long before that, however. In 1822, a French…

Here are 13 infection control findings from the past month.