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Here are 16 statistics on employee salary and wages in ambulatory surgery centers, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Note: All numbers are averages.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has announced it has completed the acquisition of American Fluoroseal Corp., according to a news release.

Middleton, Conn.-based Community Health Center announced that it is partnering with Integrated Pain Center of Arizona in Tucson for a "telehealth" program that will allow its clinicians to consult with pain management experts in Arizona.

A new study finds that certain regions of the brain can naturally control pain when stimulated by electricity, according to an Everday Health report.

The Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association comprising hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island, offers a free organizational assessment of a pressure ulcer prevention and management program.

Healthcare quality in areas with limited resources can improve through the implementation of six steps, according to a perspective piece in Globalization and Health.

Acquiring a multidrug-resistant organism from a room previously occupied by a patient with MDRO is less likely when the room was disinfected with hydrogen peroxide vapor than with standard methods, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Changes in the color of generic antiepileptic drugs increase the likelihood patients will fail to refill a prescription, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, formerly Archives of Internal Medicine.

Using a 70 percent alcohol-impregnated disinfection cap decreased central line-associated bloodstream infections 52 percent compared with standard scrubbing protocol, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control reported by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and…

Two large physician groups in New York have merged to form OrthoNY, according to a report from The Business Review.