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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

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While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > June, 2009 Vol. X, No. 6

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Do You Facebook?

The promise and pitfalls of social media.
Every day more than 100 million people log on to Facebook to keep up with friends, family and business contacts. They're sharing photos and telling each other about what's going on in their lives, which sometimes means having surgery. Surgical facilities have joined the conversation. More than 60 centers have Facebook pages. Should you? The Cleveland Clinic and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital have busy pages with healthsystem news, health tips, online chats and videos of procedures and patient testimonials that serve as more interactive versions of the institutions' Web sites.

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