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Novant Health Pinnacle Orthopedic Associates in Statesville, N.C., announced that it will add Michael Getter, MD, to its medical staff in August, according to a Salisbury Post report.

San Diego-based DJO Global had its first TaperFill Total Hip Replacement implanted during a minimally invasive surgery.

Clinton (Mass.) Hospital announced the addition of C. Brittany Boisvert, MD, to its medical staff.

Gregory Randle, MD, and Kui Yang, MD, will provide care in St. Joseph-Breese Specialty Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital Breese (Ill.), beginning this month, according to a Belleville News-Democrat report.

Improved hand hygiene compliance reduced the transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in a Dutch teaching hospital, according to a study in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, will give a presentation titled "Key Steps to Great Payor Contracting."

Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for July 29, 2013.

St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis and St. Anthony's Physician Organization announced that Fangxiang Chen, MD, a neurosurgeon, has joined its staff.

The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare announced that it will soon open Victory Medical Center Landmark in San Antonio, a surgical hospital, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.

A "just culture" — an environment where physicians and staff feel confident they can report patient safety incidents without punishment — is critical to improving patient safety. A punitive environment discourages reporting patient safety concerns and limits the organization's ability…