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Charles M. Turkelson, PhD, has been appointed the director of health economics and outcomes research for the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute at Saint Francis in Hartford.

Stryker has launched three surgical devices in the last few months, including a spine pedicle screw device, according to Michigan Live.

MAKO Surgical has agreed to settle its patent infringement lawsuit against Stanmore Implants Worldwide and will acquire some of Stanmore's assets.

Patient satisfaction is at a two-decade high, according to a report issued by the the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free guide for quality collaboratives developing private performance feedback reports for physicians.

Individualized care plans that take into account patients' specific needs are more likely to improve health outcomes than plans that do not address patient-specific factors, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine.

An infection control error at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia may have put gastrointestinal patients at risk for infections, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.

The Pew Charitable Trusts, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the American Hospital Association made five initial recommendations to improve the safety of pharmacy sterile compounding, according to an AHA News Now report.

Charles Militana, MD, board-certified in anesthesiology, serves as regional director of North American Partners in Anesthesia. He is also the director of anesthesia at the Dorothy & Alvin Schwartz Ambulatory Surgical Center at the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset,…

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Robert Brownd will give a presentation titled "The Evolution of EMR – What Works for ASCs Today and How You Can Realize an ROI."