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GetInsured, a leading provider of health insurance marketplace platforms, today announced that Co-Founders Chini Krishnan and Shankar Srinivasan will partner with key industry thought leaders to discuss best practices on how to build a successful state-based health Exchange at the 10th Annual State Healthcare IT Connect Summit in Baltimore, Maryland on March 18 – 20, 2019.

Tracy Davidson, NBC 10 News Today anchor and 11-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, will be presented with the 2019 Women United Award during United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s (UWGPSNJ) annual Women United Gala at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia on March 27, 2019.

The Orthopaedic Implant Company (“OIC”) launched its 5.5mm PEEK Suture Anchor System from the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

What makes a successful life-changing assistance dog: brains, brawn, or behavior? A new study of thousands of Canine Companions for Independence® dogs may have some answers, identifying predictors of success in a field where the majority of dogs don’t make the cut.

Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced new funding of up to $31 million to increase the number of detector dogs at Canadian airports to help prevent illegally imported meat products from entering into Canada.

The level of cannabis that causes driving impairment in occasional marijuana users is actually lower than the residual cannabis levels found in regular users even when they haven’t consumed cannabis recently.

Michael L. Parks, MD, clinical director of Orthopedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, today received the 2019 Diversity Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for a heart valve repair device that is intended to reduce moderate-to-severe or severe mitral regurgitation, a leakage of blood backward through the mitral valve into the heart’s left atrium that can cause heart failure symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and swelling in the legs

BROADWAY BELTS FOR PFF!, a benefit for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) raised a record $400,000 on Feb. 25 at Time Square’s Edison Ballroom

To call urgent attention to how new approaches to workflow monitoring can reduce preventable adverse hospital events, Vitalacy today released a patient safety white paper, “Finding New Ways to Prevent Healthcare-Acquired Infections and Conditions,” for Patient Safety Awareness Week.