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Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers published a study showing an interdisciplinary approach to monitoring patient pain increases patient care and satisfaction, according to a Medical News Today report.

Osceola County in Florida has approved local government regulations on pain clinics, defining a pain management clinic and prohibiting cash-only payments, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

What professional lessons can hospital leaders learn from the 2012 presidential debates? Quite a few, according to Kristen Hayner, senior executive advisor with healthcare communications firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.

Here's are nine infection control tools for the operating room from Cygnus Medical, a Fairfield, N.J.-based device company.

Jennifer Hadley, RN, BSN, CIC, is the director of quality for Siouxland Surgery Center in Dakota Dunes, S.D., a position she was named to in March. In this role, Ms. Hadley is responsible for program planning and evaluation, quality compliance,…

The Rhode Island Department of Health has adopted new requirements for healthcare workers to undergo influenza vaccinations.

As of yesterday, a total of 105 meningitis cases, including eight deaths, have been reported across nine states in connection to tainted spinal injections prepared by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.

The American Medical Association and The Joint Commission co-sponsored the National Summit on Overuse to discuss strategies to reduce overuse of five treatments.

CareFusion Corp. has announced it will acquire Brazilian respiratory company Intermed, according to a news release.

Dexcom has announced it has received FDA approval of a new continuous glucose monitoring system, according to a news release.