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The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons has named Miguel A. Ayerza, MD, president, according to an AAOS Now report.

Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for June 3, 2013.

5 Improvements to Make Good ASCs Great Chris Doyle, administrator, and Kristin Thompson of Riddle Surgical Center in Media, Pa., discuss five improvements that made their good surgery center great. Click to continue » 36 Joint Venture ASC Administrators to…

Success of universal decolonization in reducing bloodstream infections in a recent study is important for three main reasons, study authors wrote in New England Journal of Medicine.

Over the past decade, salaries of registered nurses have increased by roughly $20,000, according to an analysis from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions.

The California Assembly is debating legislation that would require nonprofit hospitals to prove they provide enough charity care to justify their tax-exempt status, according to an Associated Press/San Jose Mercury News report.

Ethos Laboratories is planning to open a pain management laboratory in Newport, Ky., according to a RE Journals report.

In 2012, orthopedic product sales exceeded $43 billion, an increase of $1.2 billion from 2011, according to ORTHOWORLD's orthopedic industry annual report.  

Physicians at Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Leigh Hospital have developed a new protocol to combat low blood pressure in joint replacement surgery patients and thereby improve outcomes, according to a Sentara news release.

The FDA has accepted BioMarin Pharmaceutical's biologics license application for Vimizim, an enzyme therapy that could be used to treat Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA or Morquio A Syndrome, according to Pipeline Review.