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IntelligentM has signed contracts with several hospitals for its Smartband Systems, hand hygiene tags worn by healthcare workers that communicate via Bluetooth with similarly equipped soap and sanitizer dispensers as well as other equipment.

Peak One Surgery Center in Frisco, Colo., recently participated in the fourth-annual Community Surgery Day to provide surgical care for the community's underserved population, according to a Summit Daily report.

The Hand Center at Danbury (Conn.) Orthopedics announced the addition of Archit Patel, MD, to its medical staff.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health announced it has opened the Mission Spine & Back Pain Center in Clyde, N.C.

ArborMetrix, a provider of real-time healthcare analytics, announced that the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative has selected its cloud-based registry solution to create a statewide database and reporting system.  

Mountain View, Calif.-based Prospira PainCare, a provider of multidisciplinary pain management services, announced the acquisition of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Neuro Pain Consultants.

Physicians who make plenty of eye contact are more likely to receive high empathy ratings from patients, according to a study published in the Journal of Participatory Medicine.

National methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates may have more of an influence than local MRSA rates on clinicians' prescription of clindamycin and linezolid to fight the infection, according to an article published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

DePuy Synthes has filed a lawsuit against Globus Medical, accusing three former DePuy sales representatives of breaking contract agreements by working for Globus, according to a Mass Device report.

Location is the key determinant of use of both effective and risky drug therapies for Medicare Part D beneficiaries, the prescription rates of which vary widely across the nation, according to a new report from the Dartmouth Atlas.