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Charles M. Turkelson, PhD, has been appointed the director of health economics and outcomes research for the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute at Saint Francis in Hartford.

Robert Zura, MD, assisted by Claude T. Moorman, MD, successfully performed surgery on Duke University's Blue Devil Seth Curry at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., according to a Times-News report.

TSI Healthcare, a Chapel Hill, N.C.-based healthcare information technology, has awarded Carolina Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Center in Gastonia, N.C., its "Circle of Excellence Award" in the area of practice management systems, according to a report by The Wall Street…

A survey called "Securing Outsourced Consumer Data" outlines the 10 most common mistakes organizations make when outsourcing data to third-party vendors.

When structured well, bundled payment models can be effective and profitable for hospitals that can reduce the cost of each episode of care, according to a study conducted by Singletrak Analytics and DataGen.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Robert Brownd will give a presentation titled "The Evolution of EMR – What Works for ASCs Today and How You Can Realize an ROI."

Hospital prices rose 0.2 percent from February to March, according to the most recent Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Interventional Pain and Physical Medicine Clinic in Sartell, Minn., has received an Excellence in Pain Practice Award from The World Institute of Pain, according to a St. Cloud Times report.

CMS and ONC will host a "listening session" on billing and coding with electronic health records on May 3, according to an AHA News Now report.

On Saturday, Neal ElAttrache, MD, and John Itamura, MD, performed surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke to repair his broken collarbone, according to a MLB Daily Dish report.