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In the 10 years since 9/11, hospitals and healthcare facilities have made major strides in their disaster preparedness efforts.

Advances in gene therapy and stem cell research are leading to double-digit annual sales growth in the orthopedic biomaterials market, according to the healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.

2010 was a record year for the number of practicing physician assistants (PAs) in the United States. The American Academy of Physician Assistants' 2010 Census Report found numbers of practicing PAs reached 83,466, up 100 percent from 10 years ago.

Increasingly, questions are being raised about the overtesting of older patients, part of a growing skepticism about the widespread practice of routine screening for cancer and other ailments of people in their 70s, 80s and even 90s.

One of the country's largest Medicaid insurers, AmeriHealth Mercy, has announced plans to equip more than 150 primary care physicians in Pennsylvania with mobile devices that will have access to their patients' health plan-based information, enabling them to keep track of prescriptions and receive important clinical alerts at the point of care.

To aid health entities in managing the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 mandates, CMS has made available what it's calling "timeline widgets."

As many private practice doctors shutter their offices to join health systems and group practices, subspecialty pediatricians are more often entering private practice. The trend is examined in a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics.

Anderson, Ind., had the highest per capita healthcare cost for people with commercial health insurance, at $7,231 annually and residents of Odgen-Clearfield, Utah, the lowest at $2,623, according to a new study from Thomson Reuters.

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation will purchase Ascension Orthopedics for approximately $65 million in cash, subject to adjustments, the two companies announced Monday.