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Medline Industries announced it will provide its full line of hand soaps and sanitizers to members of HealthTrust, a group purchasing organization, under a new agreement.
The North Jersey Center for Surgery has installed the STREAMWAY System for automated direct-to-drain surgical fluid disposal, from BioDrain Medical.
SpineCraft has moved to a new office location in Westmont, Ill., and signed a distribution agreement with Zimmer for the APEX Spine System.
Stryker reported 1.3 percent net sales growth in the first quarter of 2013, but net earnings decreased 13.1 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2012.
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RTI Biologics reported an 8 percent drop in first quarter revenue for 2013 when compared with 2012, due to weakness in the sports medicine, bone graft substitutes and the general orthopedic businesses.
ASCA and participants in last week's annual meeting have contributed nearly $12,000 to One Fund Boston, an entity formed to help individuals and families affected by the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
This article is written by Joseph A. Jackson, Managing Director of Strategic Healthcare Services.Moneyball is a book written by Michael Lewis and later a movie starring Brad Pitt. The premise of Moneyball is using deep, empirical data to manage the…
Scott J. Ellner, DO, MPH, vice chairman of surgery and director of surgical quality at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., shares four steps to persuade physicians to commit to a patient safety intervention.
New York-based Retrophin, a pharmaceutical company, has named Horacio Plotkin, MD, its chief medical officer, effective May 13, according to a Fort Mills Times report.