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A quality improvement toolkit helped hospitals conduct improvement initiatives, although they faced several challenges, according to a study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Ansell announced the establishment of an award to recognize nurses' role in quality care.

The National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has granted $1,640,000 to Ernesto Canalis, MD, director of research at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., according to a press…

Bronson Orthopedics & Sports Medicine with Services by HealthCare Midwest in Kalamazoo, Mich., has announced the addition of Jason Roberts, MD, to its orthopedic trauma team.  

The Neuromedicine Pain Management Center at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's department of neurosurgery has announced that it has been named a clinical care center of excellence for pain management by the American Pain Society.

Wilmington, Mass.-based Accellent incurred a net loss of $3.3 million in the fourth quarter, an improvement from the $3.4 million loss during the same period last year.

The anterior approach to hip replacements can minimize pain and recovery times for patients, said Anthony Unger, MD, according to the Register Citizen.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Rajiv Chopra will give a presentation titled "Benchmarking the Financial Solvency of an ASC."

Carol Hiatt, BSN, RN, LHRM, CASC, CNOR, is the owner of Surgery Center Consulting Services in Ocala, Fla., which aids surgery centers in expanding, gaining accreditation and certifications and rewriting policies and procedures.

Here are seven things for ASC industry leaders to know for Thursday, March 28, 2013.