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The following hospital and health system executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kan., announced the addition of Larry Shank, MD, to its medical staff, according to an Augusta Gazette report.

Illinois Bone & Joint Institute has partnered with Girling Health Care to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative.

McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital has opened a third Pinnacle Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine location in Hamilton, Ohio, according to a Journal-News report.

Some say accountable care organizations will allow hospitals and health systems to monopolize markets, while others predict ACOs will increase competition.

Labor unions will continue to play a major role in hospital-employee relations in states where unions have traditionally had a presence — and that presence is likely to increase in other states, according to James M. Dawson, JD, of law…

WilsonOrtho in Wilson, N.C., a division of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, announced it has opened an orthopedic urgent care center.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and Boston Medical Center examined the outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty in obese patients.

Florida Hospital Apopka has opened a new location in one of its medical office buildings for Florida Hospital Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Apopka, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.

The role of government in healthcare is a divisive issue, and while most healthcare organization executives support extending healthcare coverage to the uninsured, how society achieves this end is hotly debated.