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A federal jury awarded $8.8 million to anesthesiologist Charles Williams, MD, on Thursday in a case against University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas and its former chief of staff, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.
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Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center will open a new same-day center on June 1, according to a report from the Jersey City Independent.
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The Global Center for Medical Innovation in Atlanta, the Southeast's first medical device innovation center, has been awarded $3.6 million, according to a release by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Demand for bone densitometers has been flat for the past two to three years, but recent reimbursement changes by CMS may spur new demand, according to a report by DOTmed.
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