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The ROBODOC surgery system was approved by the FDA back in August of 2008 and Sutter Hospitals in northern California are the first to use the new 3D robotic 
workstation for a hip replacement.
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It is interesting to hear and see what is being done in other countries from time to time and in China the President wants to ensure that all citizens have at least some basic coverage. In 2008 WellPoint opened offices in Shanghai and UnitedHealthcare recently purchased a company in China to promote Chinese businesses and 
bring both drugs and medical devices from China to the US and other countries in the US, which may not be read good news for our US companies, but some of them also have factories and production centers in China or joint ventures like Medtronic.
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At the HisTALK blog 5/31/10 update, a site with thousands of readers involved in all aspects of health IT, the following anonymous (at this point) report appeared:
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This point was made by Juan Enriquez, managing director at Boston-based Excel Venture Management, and a director at biotech Synthetic Genomics Inc. and I agree with him. I look at the glut of software in healthcare not only from the medical records side of the business, but also the analysis side with business intelligence 
too. I am not saying any of this needs to go away by any means as we need it all today, but lets work on and define whats already there and make it better, which is what development of software is all about anyway. Certainly there will be some new developments with unique types of software aggregators and other innovations too that will arise and that will continue, but for the basics needs and systems we have, lets not flood the market even more.
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Ok put me at the head of the line for this. I have gone through and have dental implants so I know the drill here and what makes this even more fascinating is the fact that the tooth can be grown inside the empty tooth socket, this is amazing. I have done several interviews with Cook Medical, one of the companies who is in the regenerative medicine business and we talked about how the scaffolds are built. 
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If you have ever doubted that people can be intentionally cruel and abusive to the most vulnerable in our society, the following might change your mind.
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If you have been reading here at the Medical Quack I have several posts on how Tags can work in healthcare and you can follow the link below to read more and heres a 
couple paragraphs from the introduction area. French, Spanish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese and Italian have been added to the languages supported. Theres also word on a "heat map" feature which SEO folks know all about, but if you dont know this is a visual that shows where your tags are being viewed, neat stuff and will be anxious for that feature to come out.
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Here is a new twist on how respected academic institutions have gained from less than respectable donors. As reported by the Palm Beach (FL) Post,
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This is something we all worry about when taking drugs as the liver is the organ that usually stands the chance of being damaged and it is the most common cause of liver failure in the US, so yes we want to know what drugs are potentially toxic, whether in dose or over extended use. 
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Everyone knows the product and implants that Medronic has and now this represents a substantial investment in a company in Israel that also makes implanted heart 
devices. The implanted device works by stimulating the vagus nerve and is the first that treats heart conditions with nerve stimulation.