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Mediaplanet published a Chronic Pain Awareness report with the support of the American Chronic Pain Association, Purdue Pharma, American Association of Nurse Anesthetics, National Headache Foundation, Interstitial Cystitis Foundation and others.

New York City-based Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have identified reliable pain predictors by surveying pain severity and patient satisfaction with pain management after patients' hospital stays.

HHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced a demonstration of standards to allow sensitive health information to be shared responsibly, complying with confidentiality regulations among providers using electronic health records.

Cox Health, based in Springfield, Mo., has opened a sports medicine center, according to an Ozarks First report.

Methodist Center for Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine at Willowbrook in Houston, Texas, has added a Human Performance Lab on the Methodist Willowbrook Hospital campus.

Saadiq El-Amin, III, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery and director of shoulder and sports medicine at Southern Illinois University, has been named team physician at University of Illinois Springfield, according to a State Journal-Register report.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Rebecca S. Twersky, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair of research in the department of anesthesiology and medical director of the ambulatory surgery unit at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, will…

American Pain Society is now accepting research grants from the newly established Sharon S. Keller Chronic Pain Research Program, which will award $150,000 in research grants for APS members.

NeuroTherm has appointed Gregory D. Cash as president and CEO.

Here are eight ambulatory surgery centers that have treated professional athletes.