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Medtronic entered into an agreement to acquire cardiac ablation system manufacturer EPIX Therapeutics.

The Florida Orthopaedic Institute will begin using DocASAP's patient access and engagement platform at all its locations.

Philadelphia International Medicine partnered with the Panama City-based Panama Clinic to establish an educational and clinical care exchange between physicians from eight Philadelphia-based hospitals and physicians from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to The Inquirer Daily News.

Plano-based Texas Back Institute orthopedic spine surgeon Theodore Belanger, MD, was recognized as MedicalMissions.org's 2018 Physician of the Year.

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Henry Ellis, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas.

Three spine surgeons discuss patient engagement strategies.

A jury awarded Ellwood City, Pa., patient Edward Dallies $4.8 million after three physicians failed to treat a wrist infection that spread to his spinal cord, according to New Castle News.

Shriners Hospital for Children –– Tampa (Fla.) will transition its services to focus on outpatient care beginning in August, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Construction on the newest 100,000-square-foot Rush Oak Brook (Ill.) Orthopaedic Center is finished, according to RE Journals.