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At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, President and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates Andrew Hayek gave a presentation about the future of the ASC industry. He discussed several emerging trends and how surgery centers can best…

Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., has adopted DebMed's GMS electronic hand hygiene monitoring system.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has outlined three solutions for public reporting of quality information. The strategies were drafted as part of a three-report series on public reporting.

QSE Technologies (www.QSEtech.com), based in Englewood, Colo., has joined 3t Systems, a complete IT services company (www.3tSystems.com) based in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Research published in the Spine Journal suggests patients' choice in surgery centers could influence outcomes following spine surgery.

More than a hundred healthcare leaders from around the world joined today to inaugurate the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, a non-profit organization focused on accelerated adoption of outcomes measurement in healthcare.

C. R. Bard has announced it will acquire Neomend, according to a news release.

Hygiene Handle prototypes were trialed at two major acute NHS hospitals in the Hampshire, U.K., in August and September 2011 and found to prompt a significant increase in hand hygiene compliance, according to a release.

Accuray has announced the launch of its new TomoTherapy H series, according to a news release.

With Halloween coming up, we at Becker's Hospital Review thought it seemed as good a time as any to recap some of the most frightening and concerning issues in healthcare. Here are six of the scariest issues in healthcare right…