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Steve Clareen, Business Unit Manager at DePuy Synthes Select discusses how the Select instruments were designed with feedback from surgeons, so as to improve operating room efficiency.

Reported mortality after major surgery is 0.5 percent to 5 percent, according to the World Health Organization. While some surgical complications are unavoidable, surgical checklists have a significant impact on patient safety in the operating room.  

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The Obama administration is reconsidering its enrollment target for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges next year, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell told reporters Wednesday, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

The Lean approach to process improvement gets a lot of attention in healthcare. First appearing in the 1990s, Lean management was touted as a way to remove waste and add value to processes. The theory was largely based on the…

Three accountable care organizations from across the country have announced they're exiting the Pioneer program, leaving only 19 of the original 32 Pioneer ACOs, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

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