Allopathic and osteopathic physicians received 2.43 million payments totaling $475 million in the last five months of 2013, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings that examined the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
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The Office of the National Coordinator pinpointed six health IT complications that negatively impact patient safety and quality, according to Health IT Analytics.
Last July, NY Top Doc named orthopedic spine surgeon Saad Chaudhary, MD, to its "NY Top Doc" list.
Gainesville, Fla.-based Exactech and the University of Florida, also in Gainesville, added the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's campus, according to Yahoo! Finance.
Larry S. Bankston, MD, and Robert W. Easton, MD, both with Baton Rouge (La.) Orthopaedic Clinic, performed the first meniscus replacement procedure in the South using Memphis, Tenn.-based Active Implants' NUsurface Meniscus Implant.
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Stanford (Calif.) Health Care will serve as the medical provider for the 71st U.S. Women's Open Championship.
On June 9, New York-Presbyterian/Queens officially opened its new Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center in Queens.
Researchers at Australian Catholic University's School of Exercise Science developed a sports injury prevention formula using submarine and guided missile technology, according to WVXU Cincinnati.
Norway-based classification society DNV GL named Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel a Center of Excellence in hip and knee replacement.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Spectrum Research studied the effectiveness of using bone-promoting growth factor recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein for spinal fusion surgery, according to Medical Xpress.