The Chinese orthopedic device market grew at a compound annual growth rate of 20.5 percent since 2006, reaching RM8.32 billion by 2011, according to an analysis by Research and Markets.
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The Board of Directors at Massena (New York) Memorial Hospital approved a $1.9 million loan agreement to go toward the purchase of Seaway Orthopedics for a total of $2.95 million, including equipment, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
The Cleveland Clinic was awarded $2.8 million to develop products to improve post orthopedic surgery outcomes as part of The Ohio Third Frontier Commission's Innovation Platform program, according to a Crains Cleveland Business report.
Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, Wash., is on schedule to build its new orthopedic hospital for $315 per square foot, well below the cost of other inpatient facilities in the region, according to a Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce report.
St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont., has unveiled its new $8.4 million Joint Replacement Center, according to a Billings Gazette report.
CMS has hired Figliozzi & Company of Garden City, N.Y., to perform the promised audits of Medicare providers and dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid hospitals that have received federal electronic health record system incentive payments.
While consumer engagement in health information technology is high on the list of priorities for providers, many lack clarity in their definition and approach, according to the "Consumer Engagement with Health Information Technology Survey" conducted by the National eHealth Collaborative.
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT has issued guidelines for statewide health information exchanges that have launched or are starting services that use the Direct Project secure messaging protocol.
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