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Members of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices have authored a five-part series on physician leadership.

Physicians' knowledge about the efficacy and value of aggressive end-of-life care may affect their own end-of-life treatment choices, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Neurosurgeon Juan Ronderos, MD, joined Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla.

Victor Perry, MD, will serve as the new medical director of neurosurgical oncology at the Fresno (Calif.) Cancer Center, according to TBJ Now.

The increasing occurrence of ankylosing spondylitis will drive the growth of the global ankylosing spondylitis treatment market, based on a Persistence Market Research report, according to medGadget.

Forty percent of healthcare providers have growing IT budgets, based on an IDC Health Insight report. The report analyzed the 2015-2016 Healthcare Provider Technology Spend Survey.

Aetna plans to stay in the public health exchange market in 2016, according to Medscape.

Eleven brokerages gave LDR Holding a "buy" rating, according to IRA Market Report.

Lewisburg, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System will implement a wearable technology program in February to track orthopedic surgery patients during recovery in real time, according to citizensvoice.com.

The global orthopedic devices market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.57 percent from 2016 to 2020, according to a Research and Market report.