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The Country Music Association gave Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., $3 million, according to The Tennessean.

The Arthritis Foundation honored orthopedic surgeon Christopher A. Jarrett, MD, with the 2015 Hugh C. McLeod Award of Excellence for his work with arthritis awareness and treatment.

Australian physicians placed a permanent spinal cord implant in a patient with chronic pain, according to WorkersCompensation.com.

Gregory Corradino, MD, of Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., is offering a seminar for physicians seeking to bolster their practices, according to abc19. The seminar will take place on Oct. 23 at Holston Valley.

The number of data breaches in the United States rose 40 percent from 2010 to 2014, costing the healthcare system a substantial amount of time and money, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Mount Kisco Medical Group added orthopedic surgeon Pierre Bruneau, MD, to its team, according to Mt. Kisco Daily Voice.

New Haven, Conn.-based Soft Tissue Regeneration, developer of resorbable polymer scaffolds for repairing soft tissue injuries, initiated a randomized and controlled clinic study for its L-C-ligament device in Europe.

Sang-Ho Lee, MD, chairman of Wooridul Spine Hospital in Korea, received the Parviz Kambin Award at the North American Spine Society meeting in October, according to Korea IT Times.

Grace Health System in Lubbock, Texas, now offers partial knee replacements with robotic assistance, according to Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

The orthopedic navigation system is expected to rapidly grow in the upcoming years, according to WhaTech.