The CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network has announced new capabilities for long-term care infection reporting, healthcare worker influenza reporting and dialysis reporting, according to an Infection Control Today report.
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Boston Scientific Corp. has announced it has agreed to acquire BridgePoint Medical, according to a news release.
InnerOptic has announced it has received FDA clearance for its AIM system, according to a news release (pdf).
Here are 24 statistics on best-ranked electronic health record system by practice size, according to the Medscape EHR Report 2012. The report asked physicians to rank EHRs and separated the top choices based on the practice size.
At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Ben H. Brouhard, MD, Senior Vice President and Senior Search Consultant at Ceijak Executive Search, will give a presentation titled "What Makes a Great Physician Leader."
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Several leaders in orthopedics will gather at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago to participate in a panel discussion about the biggest opportunities and threats for orthopedic and spine surgeons going forward.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be the lead research site for a five year, $16 million research program to assess risk factors and genetic markers for chronic pain conditions, according to a Dentistry IQ report.
New research from the UWE Bristol found the Alexander Technique successful for chronic pain patients when performed in outpatient clinics, according to a Nursing Times report.
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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and CDC have each released new tools and information to help track deadly healthcare-associated infections in nursing homes and other long-term care settings.