National Pain Institute in Port St. Lucie, Fla., now offers more than 25 treatments for acute or chronic back and neck pain.
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Robert Gruber, DO, has been named chairman of the department of physiatry and interventional spine at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla.
Former Exeter (N.H.) Hospital employee David Kwiatkowski has been indicted by a grand jury on 14 federal charges related to a hepatitis C outbreak, according to a Union Leader report.
A project aimed at reducing colorectal surgical site infections, led by The Joint Commission's Center for Transforming Healthcare, avoided 135 SSIs and saved more than $3.7 million.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to waive certain quality reporting requirements for hospitals in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island affected by Hurricane Sandy, but is not waiving any Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting requirements,…
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Smith & Nephew has announced it will acquire Healthpoint Biotherapeutics for $782 million in cash, according to a news release.
A new report released by the president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association says the medical device excise tax scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2013, would add another 29 percent per year in taxes to the amount…
Jack Kelley, MD, was recently named to the Branford (Conn.) Sports Hall of Fame, according to a Shoreline Times news report.
Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD, has been named editor of JBJS Case Connector, according to an AAOS Now report.
Hospital pharmacies are being forced to increase drug compounding efforts to meet demands after the closure of the New England Compounding Center and related compounding pharmacies linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak, according to WBUR Boston.