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Here are 15 statistics on orthopedics in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from the VMG 2011 Intellimarker Multispecialty ASC Survey.

Houston-based Spine Pain Management, a medical service, device and healthcare solutions company, announced that a New Braunfels-based Central Texas Pain Center location has become its affiliate in San Antonio.

Orthopedic surgeon, Kenneth Thomas, MD, has joined Anchorage (Alaska) Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic, according to an Anchorage Daily News report.

The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Network in Fort Wayne, Ind., announced that it has named Kenneth Jones CEO.

Medline Industries announced its third annual National Pink Glove Dance Video Competition to support breast cancer awareness and prevention.

Minimally invasive spine surgery has been available for several years, but the trend has just begun picking up steam across the country. Many surgeons who learned traditional open surgery are content with those procedures, but more spine fellows are seeking…

Alachua, Fla.-based AxoGen appointed Shawn McCarrey as its senior vice president of sales.

Symmetry Medical released its Bookwalter Self-Retaining Rotilt Ratchet at the Congress of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses in San Diego this week.

Reporting quality measures publicly is associated with quality improvement by physicians, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Despite limited evidence, a review of literature suggests a patient safety culture strategy that features multiple elements, including team training and executive safety walk rounds, can be successful, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine.