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A seventh patient who received care at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., has died from an antibiotic-resistant strain on Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to a Washington Post report.

FDA has released a plan on how it intends to implement its proposal for improvements to the medical device postmarket surveillance system, according to a Medical Device Manufacturers Association news release.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association has issued a statement on the House Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means hearing on the medical device excise tax's implementation and administration.

Access MediQuip has expanded its existing agreement with Cigna to implement the full Access MediQuip integrated and comprehensive Surgical and Implant Management Solution program.

A new study from health economists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore shows that Americans spend around $635 billion annually on indirect costs associated with chronic pain management.

WebMD launched its WebMD Pain Coach app for the iPhone, designed for patients living with chronic pain.

Results from an Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicine survey reveals physicians' perceptions and behaviors regarding biologics and biosimilars.

Frost & Sullivan has named TYRX as the recipient of its 2012 New Product Innovation Award for its AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope.

Here are 15 statistics on patient visits for top surgery center specialties based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report: 2012.

Orthopedic cases continue to move into surgery centers as CMS updates its list of approved procedures, and anesthesia techniques develop. Here T.K. Miller, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Carilion Clinic Orthopedics and medical director of the Roanoke (Va.) Ambulatory Surgery…