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Compass Surgical Partners has named David Hall, a 25-year veteran of the healthcare industry, to its board of directors.

A new study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, has found that smartphone-delivered intervention and personalized feedback can help women manage chronic widespread pain following inpatient rehabilitation.

Indiana Sen. Ron Grooms of Jeffersonville plans to introduce a bill in this session of the state legislature to strengthen laws regulating pain clinics and prescriptions of controlled substances, according to a News and Tribune report.

Here are five ways a positive employee culture can translate into increased profitability for ambulatory surgery centers.

Insulin pens should be used in only ambulatory care settings, not hospitals, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices' Medication Safety Alert! newsletter.

London-based orthopedic device developer Smith & Nephew saw a modest attributable profit increase of 1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, from $140 million in 2011 to $142 million in 2012.

Retired Device Medical Solutions executive Harold Linville is helping Dayton, Ohio-based orthopedic device manufacturer NovoSource grow through a fundraising campaign, according to the Journal-News.

The California Department of Public Health has fined seven hospitals in the state a total of $775,000 for noncompliance with licensing requirements that led or likely led to serious injury or death to patients.

CMS has expanded its Community-based Care Transitions Program by adding 35 new sites.

The infection control compliance rate during patient transfers increased nearly 95 percent with the implementation of communication tools, according to a study in BMC Infectious Diseases.