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Rapid growth in job creation for advanced practice nurses is triggering recruitment challenges for Wisconsin hospitals, according to a recent study published by the Wisconsin Hospital Association and reported in The Business Journal.

HealthAlliance Hospital orthopedic surgeon Kelton Burbank, MD, was named president of the New England Orthopaedic Society, according to a Leominster Champion report.

Sidney M. Jacoby, MD, was named chief of orthopedic surgery at Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital and medical director of the hospital's Limerick Surgery Center, according to a Phoenixville Patch report.

Riverain Technologies has announced it has received FDA clearance for its ClearRead +Confirm software, according to a news release.

Analogic Corp. has announced it will acquire Ultrasonix Medical Corp. for $83 million in cash, according to a news release.

Sen. Ron Grooms of Indianapolis has drafted legislation that is aimed at changing the way pain clinics operate statewide, according to an Evansville Courier & Press report.

Prospira PainCare in Mountain View, Calif., announced that it has acquired National Pain Institute, a pain management provider in Florida.

Thirty-seven percent of physicians sometimes or often give in to patients' demands for brand-name drugs when equivalent generic drugs are available, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, formerly Archives of Internal Medicine.

The Minnesota Hospital Association offers a free anticoagulation agent adverse drug event gap analysis as part of its Medication Safety Road Map.

Coloplast U.S. today announced that the company has signed a three year agreement with Novation, the largest healthcare supply chain expertise and contracting company for the more than 65,000 acute and non-acute members of four U.S. national healthcare alliances.