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Research on eight quality topics is reviewed in a report prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

HHS announced that 25 states have received awards to support their efforts in designing and implementing new care delivery models.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation announced the formation of the Coalition of Organizations for Reporting Adverse Events.

Grand Valley Surgical Center in Grand Junction, Colo., is looking for a new clinical director to join its dynamic leadership team.

The Georgia House of Representatives has approved legislation regulating pain management clinics, according to an Independent Mail report.  

Irvin Oh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, is leaving St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell, N.Y., according to a report by The Evening Tribune.

Video capsule endoscopy in the emergency department may save healthcare organizations money if it reduces hospital admissions for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

The Joint Commission announced the release of a report in which it identifies seven foundations of safe transitions of care.

Global medical device company Smith & Nephew named Michael Friedman, MD, as a non-executive director to join the board April 11.

Healthcare quality success stories are the subject of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's new online library.