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The American Joint Replacement Registry now includes 119 hospitals nationwide and more than 34,000 total joint replacement procedures.

PinnacleHealth System has opened a new orthopedic and spine unit at its Harrisburg (Pa.) Campus, according to a Harrisburg Magazine report.

Here are 10 accomplishments and milestones for ambulatory surgery centers and physicians.

The pain medication overdose death rate has dropped 23 percent from 2008 to 2011 in Washington, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

A medical group in Long Island, N.Y., is looking for a clinical documentation specialist.

A plastic surgery office in New York City is looking for a cosmetic patient care liaison and counselor who would report to the physician.

The National Alert Network issued an alert warning healthcare providers of multiple cases of improper application of "glacial" acetic acid (≥ 99.5 percent) to skin or mucous membranes.

Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital announced that insulin pens may have been reused for some patients between November 2009 and Jan. 16, 2013.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced that hospital neonatal intensive care units that participated in an AHRQ patient safety program cut their rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections in newborns by more than half in less than a…

A team of organizations that led a project to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections learned five lessons about how to implement a large, national quality improvement project, according to a report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.