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Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., is in the process of constructing the $21 million Harrison Orthopaedic Hospital, according to a Kitsap Sun report. 

The cost of treating patients for hospital-onset clostridium difficile infection is higher than for patients without the infection, independent of principal disease and other characteristics, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was more common in smaller hospitals that had more Medicaid patients and healthier patients, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

While the rate of hand hygiene compliance at Ontario, Canada, hospitals increased from 2008 to 2011, the rate of two healthcare-associated infections did not significantly decrease, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

London-based Smith & Nephew announced first quarter revenue at $1.075 billion, down nearly 4 percent from $1.079 billion reported during the same period last year.

Medtronic announced it plans to eliminate 230 jobs from its Memphis, Tenn.-based spine division, according to a Pioneer Press report.

Anthony Schena, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, practices in Brookline, Mass., at Pro Sports Orthopedics. Dr. Schena specializes in sports medicine and hip, knee and shoulder joint reconstruction.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, David Paly, MD, will give a presentation titled "Anesthesia for Outpatient Spine Surgery."

A new study led by Robert S. Namba, MD, of the department of orthopedic surgery at Kaiser Permanente Orange County and Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Irvine, and published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, assesses risk…

Four physicians have received American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Research Grants in 2013, according to an AAOS Now report.