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Roger Fons, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, according to a Wauwatosa Now report.
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) addressed ongoing drug shortages on the Senate floor on Jan. 26, according to an ASA release.
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The non-profit group, Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project, has released 10 criteria for meaningful and usable measures of healthcare provider performance.
The Healthcare Infection Society has released new guidelines designed to minimize the incidence of surgical infections.
A newly published study published in Nursing Outlook suggests that state-mandated caps on nurses' mandatory overtime hours are working, reducing overtime hours for newly registered nurses in affected states.