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Engaging patients in ambulatory care can improve care and satisfaction, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Patients, providers and healthcare systems need to attain specific skills to engage in shared decision-making, according to a Health Affairs commentary.

Hospitals and medical technology companies pledged to work toward zero preventable deaths by 2020 at the Patient Safety, Science & Technology Movement's summit Jan. 13.

Johnny Benjamin, MD, is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon and founder of Pro Spine Center in Vero Beach, Fla. He is also the chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at Indian River Medical Center and the director of the Medical…

ApiFix received CE Mark for its adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treatment system, and have seen positive results from the pilot clinical trial.

The first three U.S. unicondylar knee replacement surgeries performed with the NavioPFS system took place at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Calif.

Medline Industries announced the launch of a program to support four key quality goals of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.

Hospitals in Massachusetts suffering from drug shortages now have approval to share drugs, according to a Boston Globe report.

An international agreement could help eliminate falsified, substandard and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, according to an Institute of Medicine report.

Orthopedic surgeon Joshua Lindsey, MD, will join the medical staff at Southwest Health Center in Platteville, Wis., in 2014, according to a SWNews4U.