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The National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission announced the 2012 winners of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.

Here are eight tax planning strategies for orthopedic surgeons post-Bush Tax Cuts.

US Ski team physician William Sterett, MD, will perform knee surgery on Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn, according to a report in the New York Times.

Surgeons at Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Pensacola, Fla., performed knee surgery on Minnesota Vikings Center John Sullivan, according to a CBS Sports report.

Here are eight strategies to cut costs associated with spine surgery.

Autonomic Technologies in Redwood City, Calif., has created a device that uses technology based on research conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, which can help provide relief from migraines and cluster headaches, according to a Yahoo News report.

Howard Kornfeld, MD, pain medicine specialist and medical director of Recovery Without Walls in Mill Valley, Calif., is championing the use of buprenorphine, a semi-synthetic opioid, for the treatment of chronic pain, according to a Marin Independent Journal report.

Medicare patients' use of hospice at the time of death nearly doubled from 2000 to 2009, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Stanmore Implants received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its Sculptor Robotic Guidance Arm for unicompartmental knee surgery.

Five healthcare organizations have won a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation challenge to improve care transitions and reduce potentially avoidable hospitalizations.