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The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative offers a free toolkit to help guide implementation of colored wristbands.

Voalte, a provider of clinical communications technology, offers three strategies to reduce noise and unnecessary interruptions, which can increase the risk of medical errors.

Some physicians and nurses may be turned off to the idea of patients reminding them to wash their hands, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and reported by the HealthDay.

Wolters Kluwer Health has that the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding in its GI labs, according to a news release (pdf).

Amerinet has announced it has signed a new agreement with 3M for wound closure products, according to a news release.

The American Society of Pain Educators awarded Angela Huskey, PharmD, CPE, Industry Pain Educator of the Year in 2012.

Barriers still remain to pain management for pediatric patients with chronic and acute pain, according to a symposium at PAINWeek 2012.

Here are seven spine surgeons discussing the biggest opportunities for growth in the spine field.

Dotty Bollinger currently serves as COO of Laser Spine Institute, a leader in minimally invasive spine surgery. She first joined LSI in 2008 as vice president of quality and compliance. As COO, Ms. Bollinger has established processes and procedures that…

Wolters Kluwer Health Survey results show a majority of consumers (73 percent) are concerned about medical errors, but only 19 percent have asked a physician or nurse to wash their hands.