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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons has joined 11 other medical organizations, including the North American Spine Society and the American Gastroenterological Association, to commend the bipartisan efforts being taken by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee to repeal…

Clearview Regional Medical Center in Monroe, Ga., has opened the Clearview Bone & Joint Center, according to a Monroe Patch report.

Ardsley, N.Y.-based Acorda Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, announced that it has acquired two neuropathic pain management assets from NeurogesX in San Mateo, Calif., a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops non-opioid, pain management therapies.

  Gainesville, Fla.-based Exactech posted a 9.2 percent increase in gross profit in the second quarter over the same period last year.

Australia's Department of Health and Aging's Therapeutic Goods Administration issued a hazard alert for Stryker Australia's Oasys Midline Occipital Plate, a device used for spine fusion stabilization.

Healthcare teams that participated in the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project learned seven important lessons about reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections, according to a report by the American Hospital Association's Health Research and Educational Trust and Hospitals in Pursuit…

An American College of Surgeons report, "Lessons Learned in the Pursuit of Quality Surgical Health Care." includes four principles to increase the quality of care.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "The Five Most Important Issues Facing ASCs."

In response to an article in the Washington Post on physician payment, the American Medical Association has released a fact sheet clarifying issues raised in the article.

On average, spine surgery centers of excellence have similar complication and readmission rates as compared with other hospitals, according to a study published in Medical Care.