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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.

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.

Suzy Cobin, senior vice president of Chicago-based of HSA PrimeCare, a real estate developer and private equity source with a primary focus on healthcare real estate, discusses the top ten things physicians should know about real estate development for surgery…

David C. Watts, MD, the Vice President of Education for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF), discusses five key factors in the process of obtaining and maintaining Medicare accreditation in ambulatory surgery centers.

Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo plans to submit OX219, a treatment for opioid dependency, for FDA approval in the U.S.

Nektar Therapeutics has launched a Phase 2 study of the opioid analgesic NKTR-181, according to a company release.

The president of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians said that the cost and time required to implement electronic medical records may threaten the sustainability of solo practices, according to an NJ Biz report.