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The Kansas City Chiefs and The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., have announced a 10-year partnership for sports medicine.

Novation, a healthcare supply chain expertise and contracting company, launched a new orthopedic standardization program covering 12 product categories.

Although Greatbatch reported second quarter growth, its orthopedic business slowed with a 13 percent decline in revenue.

Intuitive Surgical has reached second quarter revenues of $537 million, demonstrating a 26 percent increased compared to the same quarter last year.

Recent studies published in Journal of Hand Surgery suggest poor-performing joint implants continue to exist in the marketplace, and surgeons should use these instruments with caution, according to an editorial published in the journal.

Steven Rizzolo, MD, will be adding his orthopedic surgery skills to St. John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby, Mont., according to The Western News.

One year ago, the San Francisco Surgery Center (SFSC) acquired the world's first MAKOplasty robots for partial joint replacements in an outpatient surgery center. Since then, surgeons at the SFSC have performed over 50 procedures using this technology. Jeff Wong,…

With reimbursements declining and business expenses rising, surgery centers are looking for new ways to cover costs. For some surgery centers, the answer might be building a program for cash-pay patients to attract and accommodate for people without insurance or…

Here are 60 statistics on staffing ratios in surgery centers, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

St. Jude Medical has recalled the Eon and Eon Mini pain management implants after reports that they had to be removed from patients for battery issues, according to an Equities report.