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The World Health Organization's five-part strategy to increase hand hygiene succeeded in five countries, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The healthcare industry needs a robust measurement of adverse events to determine progress over time, according to a commentary in the American Journal of Medical Quality.

Patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are at a nine-fold risk of developing a MRSA surgical site infection compared with noncolonized patients, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

CMS will fine hospitals a total of $227 million for greater-than-expected readmission rates for the second year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

Rod Bordelon, the Texas Commissioner of Worker's Compensation, has named David Davis, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, the medical adviser for the Texas Department of Insurance, according to a Claims Journal report.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, researchers performed a cost-utility analysis of simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty in comparison with staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Elgin, Ill.-based Illinois Pain Institute announced that it is offering patients an implantable neurostimulation system for treating chronic back or limb pain, which is safe for MRI use.

Columbus-based Southern Indiana Orthopedics announced that it has added Matthew E. Lovell, MD, to its medical staff.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Dotty Bollinger, RN, JD, CASC, LHRM, will give a presentation titled "Trends in Marketing Your ASC to Drive Patient Volume."

Roxbury Crossing, Mass.-based New England Baptist Hospital is finishing a $25 million orthopedic outpatient center in between the towns of Westwood and Dedham, Mass., according to a report from the Westwood Press.