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Volcano Corp. has announced it will acquire Sync-Rx, according to a news release.

InSightec has announced it has received FDA approval for its ExAblate MRI guided focused ultrasound treatment of bone metastases in patients who are not candidates for or refuse to undergo radiation treatment, according to a news release.

Dean Dominy, MD, joined Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas in Sugar Land.

Cooper Bone and Join Institute teamed with Cooper Cancer Institute to open the Cooper Orthopaedic Oncology Center in Camden, N.J., according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.

The healthcare industry is facing tremendous change, including a movement to value-based care, new reimbursement models and a focus on collaboration. To be successful in the new healthcare environment, hospitals will need to change some of their long-held beliefs and…

The following article was written by Carla Daley Shehata, vice president of operations for Regent Surgical Health.

Last week, a Senate committee questioned states on the oversight of compounding pharmacies as part of its investigation into the fungal meningitis outbreak linked to products from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., according to an AHA News…

The Joint Commission announced (pdf) it has published a free monograph on patient and worker safety.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free physician engagement self-diagnostic worksheet through its program "On the CUSP: Stop BSI," which uses the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to prevent central line-associated blood stream infections.

Lael Luedtke, MD, joined Northern Pines Orthopaedic Clinic in Grand Rapids, Mich., according to a Duluth News Tribune report.